Citation

Chen WC, Sun YH, Lan TH, Chiu HJ. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2009; 6(11): 2812-2821.

Affiliation

Yuli Hospital, Department of Health, Executive Yuan, Taiwan. oldchen@ttyl.doh.gov.tw

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, MDPI: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute)

DOI

10.3390/ijerph6112812

PMID

20049226

PMCID

PMC2800065

Abstract

This one-year follow-up study determined the incidence and risk factors of workplace violence against nursing staff in a psychiatric hospital. The cohort members had a website to report events whenever they came across violence. A total of 971 events were reported. The incidence rates of physical violence, verbal abuse, bullying/mobbing, sexual harassment, and racial harassment were 1.7, 3.7, 0.2, 0.3, and 0 per staff-year, respectively. Young age, female sex, lower education, shorter duration of employment, and high level of anxiety of staff seemed to be the determinants of violence. Pre-placement education should focus on these staff to reduce workplace violence.

Language: en