Incidence and Related Factors of Violence in Emergency Departments—A Study of Nurses in Southern Taiwan

Tang, Jing-Jou; Chen, Chien Liang; Zhang, Zhi-Ran; Wang, Lin

doi:10.1016/s0929-6646(08)60036-4

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“…This result is consistent with the finding in Southern Taiwan [20]. This might be due to the fact that nurses with shorter service years had less experience in dealing or preventing various types of clashes and could not dissolve the possibility of an abuse incident promptly, so they experienced more counts of verbal and physical abuse.…”

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High prevalence of workplace violence among nurses working at public health facilities in Southern Ethiopia

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BackgroundThe rising rate of workplace violence in health care facilities has become a major problem for health care providers including nurses. However, evidences are lacking in Ethiopia particularly in the study area. The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence and associated factors of workplace violence among nurses working at health care facilities in Hawassa City Administration, Southern Ethiopia.MethodsAn institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 660 randomly selected nurses working at public health facilities in Hawassa City Administration in April 2014. A pre-tested and structured questionnaire was used to collect the data. Data were entered using EPI-Info and exported to SPSS for further analysis. Descriptive statistics were done. Logistic regression analyses were used to see the association between different variables and the outcome variable. Odds ratios with 95% Confidence Interval (CI) were computed to determine the presence and strength of the association.ResultsIn this study, the prevalence of workplace violence was 29.9% [95% CI: 26.5, 33.5)] of which physical violence accounted for 36 (18.22%), verbal abuse for 172 (89.58%) and sexual harassment for 25 (13.02%). Female sex [AOR=2.00, 95% CI: (1.28, 2.39)], short work experience [AOR=8.86, 95% CI: (3.47, 22.64)], age group of 22–25 [AOR=4.17, 95% CI: (2.46, 7.08)], age group of (26–35) [AOR=1.9, 95% CI (1.16, 3.1)], work in emergency [(AOR=4.28, 95% CI: (1.39, 4.34)] and work in the Inpatient Department [(AOR=2.11, 95% CI: (1.98, 2.64)] were the factors positively associated with workplace violence.ConclusionsA significant proportion of nurses faced violence while providing care at in public health facilities. Being female, younger age, short work experience, and assignment in emergency and inpatient departments were positively associated with workplace violence. Policy makers and stakeholders should focus on workplace violence prevention strategies.

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High prevalence of workplace violence among nurses working at public health facilities in Southern Ethiopia

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“…There was broad geographical variation in the primary studies: 13 were conducted in Australia, three were from the USA, three from the UK, and a study each from Canada, Cyprus, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Nigeria, Palestine, Singapore, and Taiwan . Twenty‐seven (93%) studies scored 50–100% in the mixed methods appraisal tool indicating moderate to high quality.…”

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“…Harmful physical contact can include (but not limited to) striking, slapping, punching, spitting, kicking, choking, biting, pushing, sexual assault and use of weapons against staff. Verbal abuse can include (but not limited to) yelling, insults, intimidation, threats, bullying, harassment, use of derogatory gestures and swearing …”

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“…At least 65% of ED staff experienced OV. Specifically, 23–92% of staff experienced physical OV whereas 73–98% of staff experienced verbal form of OV …”

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“…Verbal abuse can include (but not limited to) yelling, insults, intimidation, threats, bullying, harassment, use of derogatory gestures and swearing. 4,6,[8][9][10]14,15,18,[23][24][25][26]29,30,32,33,[39][40][41]43,45,47 OV incidents varied between EDs, which ranged from 1.4 to 17 per 1000 presentations. 8,22,24,29,36 At least 65% of ED staff experienced OV.…”

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Review article: Identifying occupational violence patient risk factors and risk assessment tools in the emergency department: A scoping review

Cabilan

Johnston

2019

Emerg Medicine Australasia

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Occupational violence (OV) is a daily risk for ED staff. It contributes to staff stress, sick leave, turn‐over and burn‐out, and limits the capacity of staff to provide unimpeded quality care to patients and their families. Many factors contribute to incidents of OV; however, early detection of such risk factors could pre‐empt incidences of OV during ED episodes of care. A five‐stage methodological framework for scoping reviews was used to identify, summarise and synthesise OV risk factors from five key databases. A validated tool was used to appraise the quality of included studies. Independent evaluation by the reviewers was used throughout. Patient factors were extracted and described from 24 methodologically and geographically diverse papers. Methodological quality for these studies varied from moderate to high. A total of 34 OV risk factors were identified. Although there was variation in, and differences between, staff‐perceived and objective (documented) OV risk factors, patient risk factors can be categorised into three main groups: clinical presentation, behaviours and past history. Five existing ED OV risk assessment tools were identified, with limited supporting evidence for each. The results support the development of a reliable and validated OV risk assessment tool to be initiated at triage.

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Workplace Violence in Finnish Emergency Departments

Pulkkinen

2018

Human Systems Engineering and Design

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Incidence and Related Factors of Violence in Emergency Departments—A Study of Nurses in Southern Taiwan

Abstract: This study suggested that a well-informed nurse should be arranged to take the night/overnight shifts in order to reduce the occurrence of abuses in emergency departments.

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High prevalence of workplace violence among nurses working at public health facilities in Southern Ethiopia

High prevalence of workplace violence among nurses working at public health facilities in Southern Ethiopia

Review article: Identifying occupational violence patient risk factors and risk assessment tools in the emergency department: A scoping review

Workplace Violence in Finnish Emergency Departments

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