Citation

Campbell JC, Messing JT, Kub J, Agnew J, Fitzgerald S, Fowler B, Sheridan D, Lindauer C, Deaton J, Bolyard R. J. Occup. Environ. Med. 2011; 53(1): 82-89.

Affiliation

School of Nursing (Drs Campbell, Kub, and Sheridan and Ms Bolyard), Bloomberg School of Public Health (Drs Agnew and Fitzgerald), Johns Hopkins University (Dr Fowler), Baltimore, Md; School of Social Work, Arizona State University, Phoenix (Dr Messing); Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md (Ms Lindauer); and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, Md (Ms Deaton).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182028d55

PMID

21187791

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:: Nurses face one of the highest rates of reported workplace violence (WPV). This research examined the prevalence of WPV and demographic, work-related, and adult and childhood abuse histories as risk factors for WPV among 2166 nurses/nursing personnel across four health care institutions in one US metropolitan area. METHODS:: Using data from an online cross-sectional survey, multivariate logistic regression was utilized to determine risk factors for physical and psychological WPV. RESULTS:: Almost one-third (30%) of nurses/nursing personnel experienced WPV (19.4% physical, 19.9% psychological). Risk factors included being a nurse, white, male, working in the emergency department, older age, longer employment, childhood abuse, and intimate partner violence. CONCLUSIONS:: Adult and childhood abuse histories have not been considered in previous large-scale investigations, but were significant risk factors along with other previously identified risk factors for WPV.

Language: en