Workplace violence: prevalence and risk factors in the safe at work study

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• Personal Author:
  Agnew J ; Bolyard R ; Campbell JC ; Deaton J ; Fitzgerald S ; Fowler B ; Kub J ; Lindauer C ; Messing JT ; Sheridan D
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE: Nurses face one of the highest rates of reported workplace violence (WPV). This research examined the prevalence of WPV and demographic, work-related, and adult and childhood abuse histories as risk factors for WPV among 2166 nurses/nursing personnel across four health care institutions in one US metropolitan area. METHODS: Using data from an online cross-sectional survey, multivariate logistic regression was utilized to determine risk factors for physical and psychological WPV. RESULTS: Almost one-third (30%) of nurses/nursing personnel experienced WPV (19.4% physical, 19.9% psychological). Risk factors included being a nurse, white, male, working in the emergency department, older age, longer employment, childhood abuse, and intimate partner violence. CONCLUSIONS: Adult and childhood abuse histories have not been considered in previous large-scale investigations, but were significant risk factors along with other previously identified risk factors for WPV. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Demography Emergency Responders Hazardous Substances Health Personnel Mental Health Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Stress, Psychological Substance-Related Disorders Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Behavior-patterns Demographic-characteristics Drug-abuse Emergency-care Emergency-responders Emotional-stress Health-care Health-care-personnel Health-hazards Health-surveys Mathematical-models Medical-personnel Nurses Nursing Physiological-factors Psychological-factors Risk-factors Statistical-analysis Work-environment

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Arizona ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  82-89
• Volume:
  53
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038821
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2011 Jan; 53(1):82-89
• Contact Point Address:
  Jill Theresa Messing, MSW, PhD, Arizona State University, School of Social Work, 411 N Central Avenue, Suite 800, Phoenix, AZ 85004
• Email:
  Jill.Mesing@asu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  Johns Hopkins University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20090831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:62064562949d21b4f80b700de2b1d11f44958fcfca517b213d07f027083629216cff7dd72f11ba52fdb8fd63c83647e6b40c1f5d2d808821fdecc28a2666cae8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/192387/cdc_192387_DS1.pdf
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