Factors and Characteristics of Workplace Violence Against Nurses: A Study in Iran

Violence against nurses is a serious problem that can affect negatively the quality of nursing care. The extent of violence against nurses in Iran and the factors leading to this violence have not been known. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate all forms of violence against nurses in Shah...

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Published in:Journal of interpersonal violence Vol. 35; no. 1-2; pp. 496 - 509
Main Authors: Dehghan-Chaloshtari, Sahar, Ghodousi, Arash
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.01.2020
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects:
Adult
Bullying
Cross-Sectional Studies
Emotional abuse
Ethnicity
Female
Health problems
Hospitals
Humans
Intimidation
Iran
Male
Medical personnel
Mental health services
Middle Aged
Minority & ethnic violence
Nurses
Nurses - psychology
Nursing
Nursing care
Nursing Staff, Hospital - psychology
Patients
Prevalence
Prevention
Quality of care
Race
Social security
Surveys and Questionnaires
Verbal aggression
Violence
Work experience
Workplace violence
Workplace Violence - classification
Workplace Violence - statistics & numerical data
Workplaces
Young Adult
Iran
nurse
hospital
violence in the workplace
ISSN:0886-2605, 1552-6518, 1552-6518
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Summary:Violence against nurses is a serious problem that can affect negatively the quality of nursing care. The extent of violence against nurses in Iran and the factors leading to this violence have not been known. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate all forms of violence against nurses in Shahrekord hospitals in 2014. In this 2014 study, 100 nurses working in Shahrekord’s Hajar, Kashani, and Social Security branch hospitals were studied. Data were collected through standardized questionnaires on workplace violence, as well as demographic data, in health units on five types of violence, including physical and verbal violence, intimidation and bullying, ethnic violence, and violation of chastity. The analysis was done by SPSS (Version 19) software. All nurses indicated that during some period of their work, they had been subjected to at least one type of violence; the highest prevalence of mental violence was belonged to the subtype of intimidation and bullying (91%). The primary agents of violence against nurses were patients and their relatives. Factors such as gender, age, work experience, and nursing shifts played important roles in the distribution of violence. In ethnic violence, the only factor affecting nurses was race (p < .05). The highest rate of violence against nurses was due to mental or psychological violence. To minimize violence in hospitals, authorities should consider appropriate preventive strategies, good management, proper protective measures, and public education.
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ISSN:0886-2605
1552-6518
1552-6518
DOI:10.1177/0886260516683175