Workplace violence in Europe–it is time to act

Wynne, Richard; Clarkin, N.

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“…Whittington [31] included data from accident and emergency departments and reported that 50% of nurses had experienced verbal abuse, 27% had experienced physical assault and 25% – threats within the past year. A survey of Canadian nurses found that 54% had been assaulted and 81% verbally abused in the previous 12-month period [33]. In a randomized study Nolan et al [21] compared the extent and nature of violence encountered by mental health nurses in Sweden and UK and found that the risk of physical violence in the samples of nurses similar (71% and 69%, respectively).…”

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Violence at the workplace—a questionnaire survey of nurses

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“…The definition used by the Health and Safety Executive3 is “any incident in which an employee is threatened or assaulted by a member of the public in circumstances arising out of the course of his/her employment”. The European Commission DG-V used a similar definition of “incidents where (staff) are abused, threatened, or assaulted in circumstances related to their work, involving an explicit or implicit challenge to their safety, wellbeing, or health” 4. Verbal abuse and threats are often overlooked and are not usually reported to either hospital authorities or the police.…”

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Violence against trainee paediatricians

Mackin¹

2001

Archives of Disease in Childhood

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Background-Much research has looked at the extent of violence against doctors, but this has been restricted mainly to psychiatry, general practice, and accident and emergency. Aims-To assess the level of violence against trainee paediatricians. Methods-A telephone questionnaire was addressed to 25 specialist registrars/senior registrars/senior SHOs in each of three regions in the UK: Northern Ireland, South Thames, and North West England. Results-Sixty eight of 75 (90.7%) trainee paediatricians had been exposed in at least one circumstance to a violent incident, 47 of which incidents (62.3%) had occurred in the past year. Thirty one (41%) had suVered threats on at least one occasion. Although only 5.3% of the interviewees had been victims of actual physical assault, more than 10% said that an attempted assault had taken place. Most of the doctors who had experienced a violent episode (41/68) worried about the incident after return from work and yet only one was oVered any counselling. Only nine (13.2%) had ever formally reported an incident to hospital management. Less than 10% of those questioned had received any formal training in the management of violent people, although 99% thought this would be a good idea. Conclusions-Paediatric trainees are involved in high risk situations at work (for example, child protection and casualty) which frequently result in exposure to violence. Very few report these incidents oYcially, but often underplay them. More attention should be given to the training and counselling needs of paediatric trainees. (Arch Dis Child 2001;84:106-108)

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“…Each item can be responded to on a 4-point scale from 0 for no experience, one for experiencing once, 2 for two to three experiences, and 3 for four or more experiences. Based on the definition of workplace violence in our study (incidents where staff are abused, threatened or assaulted in circumstances related to their work, including commuting to and from work, involving an explicit or implicit threat to their safety, well-being or health),1 we deleted two items from ‘physical violence at work’ and all items from ‘vicarious violence at work’. Finally the workplace violence scale in our study included 11 items.…”

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“…Workplace violence was defined as ’incidents where staff were abused, threatened or assaulted in circumstances related to their work, including commuting to and from work, involving an explicit or implicit threat to their safety, well-being or health’ 1. International Labour Office, International Council of Nurses, WHO and Public Services International have reported that approximately a quarter of the total number of violent incidents in all workplaces occurs in a hospital 2.…”

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Associations of workplace violence and psychological capital with depressive symptoms and burn-out among doctors in Liaoning, China: a cross-sectional study

Sui

Liu

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BMJ Open

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ObjectivesThe purpose of this study was to (1) Identify the prevalence of workplace violence among doctors in Liaoning, China. (2) Examine the relationships between workplace violence and psychological capital with depressive symptoms and burn-out in Chinese doctors.DesignA quantitative, cross-sectional study.SettingEight hospitals in Liaoning Province were surveyed using a self-reported questionnaire.ParticipantsThe study population comprised 1800 doctors. Ultimately 1392 doctors completed valid questionnaires with a response rate of 77.3%.ResultsThe prevalence of workplace violence was 77.5%. Compared with other types of workplace violence, the prevalence of psychological aggression was the highest (72.7%). Workplace violence (depressive symptoms: β[95% CI]=0.11 [0.06, 0.16]; emotional exhaustion: β[95% CI]=0.18 [0.13, 0.23]; depersonalisation: β[95% CI]=0.17 [0.12, 0.22]) and psychological capital (depressive symptoms: β[95% CI]=−0.32 [−0.37, –0.27]; emotional exhaustion: β[95% CI]=−0.23 [−0.28, –0.18]; depersonalisation: β[95% CI]=−0.23 [−0.28, –0.18]) were associated with depressive symptoms and burn-out. Workplace violence increased the level of depressive symptoms and burn-out by damaging psychological capital (depressive symptoms: a*b=1.61, bias-corrected and accelerated [BCa] 95% CI 1.08 to 2.25; emotional exhaustion: a*b=1.29, BCa 95% CI 0.86 to 1.83; depersonalisation: a*b=0.70, BCa 95% CI 0.45 to 1.00).ConclusionsIn China, most doctors will be exposed to workplace violence, especially psychological aggression. A safer work environment and psychological capital development may be considered in prevention and treatment strategies for improving mental health.

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Workplace violence in Europe–it is time to act

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Violence at the workplace—a questionnaire survey of nurses

Violence at the workplace—a questionnaire survey of nurses

Violence against trainee paediatricians

Associations of workplace violence and psychological capital with depressive symptoms and burn-out among doctors in Liaoning, China: a cross-sectional study

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