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Frequency and barriers of reporting workplace violence in nurses: An online survey in China.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to explore the reporting of workplace violence against nurses and the reasons why they did not reported.

Methods

A self-designed questionnaire regarding workplace violence and reporting was used to conduct a cross-sectional survey on nurses who submitted a manuscript to a Chinese nursing journal from 2016 to 2017. A total of 324 nurses agreed to participate in this study and 266 participants from 165 hospitals in 72 cities returned questionnaires.

Results

A total of 172 nurses (64.7%) experienced violent incidents during the past year. Of these incidents, 45.5% were reported; and the reporting rate of physical assaults (69.0%) was higher than those of verbal abuse (36.9%), threatening behavior (51.7%), and sexual harassment (60.0%). Formal reporting accounted for 25.4% (15.4% in written form and 10.0% through a computer-assisted reporting system). Almost half of the nurses (49.6%) stated that the hospital had no reporting system or they were uncertain about the reporting system. For reasons of not reporting, 51.9% of the nurses were unware of how and what types of violence to report, and 50.6% of the nurses believed that the hospital paid greater attention to patients rather than staff.

Conclusions

A clear definition of workplace violence and reporting procedures, establishment of a facile system for reporting, and supervisory support following a reporting are urgently required.

SUBMITTER: Song C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7859538 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Frequency and barriers of reporting workplace violence in nurses: An online survey in China.

Song Chunyan C Wang Gaili G Wu Hongyan H

International journal of nursing sciences 20201203 1

<h4>Objectives</h4>This study aimed to explore the reporting of workplace violence against nurses and the reasons why they did not reported.<h4>Methods</h4>A self-designed questionnaire regarding workplace violence and reporting was used to conduct a cross-sectional survey on nurses who submitted a manuscript to a Chinese nursing journal from 2016 to 2017. A total of 324 nurses agreed to participate in this study and 266 participants from 165 hospitals in 72 cities returned questionnaires.<h4>Re ...[more]

PMID: 33575447

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Frequency and barriers of reporting workplace violence in nurses: An online survey in China.

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