TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - A cross-sectional study on the prevalence and associated risk factors for workplace violence against Chinese nurses
JO  - BMJ open
A1  - Shi, Lei
A1  - Zhang, Danyang
A1  - Zhou, Chenyu
A1  - Yang, Libin
A1  - Sun, Tao
A1  - Hao, Tianjun
A1  - Peng, Xiangwen
A1  - Gao, Lei
A1  - Liu, Wenhui
A1  - Mu, Yi
A1  - Han, Yuzhen
A1  - Fan, Lihua
SP  - e013105
EP  - e013105
VL  - 7
IS  - 6
N2  - OBJECTIVES: The purpose of the present study was to explore the characteristics of workplace violence that Chinese nurses at tertiary and county-level hospitals encountered in the 12 months from December 2014 to January 2016, to identify and analyse risk factors for workplace violence, and to establish the basis for future preventive strategies. <br><br>DESIGN: A cross-sectional study. SETTING: A total of 44 tertiary hospitals and 90 county-level hospitals in 16 provinces (municipalities or autonomous regions) in China. <br><br>METHODS: We used stratified random sampling to collect data from December 2014 to January 2016. We distributed 21 360 questionnaires, and 15 970 participants provided valid data (effective response rate=74.77%). We conducted binary logistic regression analyses on the risk factors for workplace violence among the nurses in our sample and analysed the reasons for aggression. <br><br>RESULTS: The prevalence of workplace violence was 65.8%; of this, 64.9% was verbal violence, and physical violence and sexual harassment accounted for 11.8% and 3.9%, respectively. Frequent workplace violence occurred primarily in emergency and paediatric departments. Respondents reported that patients' relatives were the main perpetrators in tertiary and county-level hospitals. Logistic regression analysis showed that respondents' age, department, years of experience and direct contact with patients were common risk factors at different levels of hospitals. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Workplace violence is frequent in China's tertiary and county-level hospitals; its occurrence is especially frequent in the emergency and paediatric departments. It is necessary to cope with workplace violence by developing effective control strategies at individual, hospital and national levels.<br><br>© Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2017. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2044-6055
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013105
ID  - ref1
ER  -