Organizational Determinants of Workplace Violence Against Hospital Workers

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• Personal Author:
  Arnetz B ; Arnetz J ; Hamblin LE ; Sudan S
• Description:
  Objective: To identify organizational factors contributing to workplace violence in hospitals. Methods: A questionnaire survey was conducted in 2013 among employees in a Midwestern hospital system (n = 446 respondents). Questions concerned employees' experiences of violence at work in the previous year and perceptions of the organizational safety climate. Logistic regressions examined staff interaction and safety climate factors associated with verbal and physical violence, respectively. Results: Interpersonal conflict was a risk factor for verbal violence (OR 1.49, 95% CI 1.04 to 2.12, P < 0.05) and low work efficiency was a risk factor for physical violence (OR .98, 0.97 to 0.99). A poor violence prevention climate was a risk factor for verbal (OR 0.48, 0.36 to 0.65, P < .001) and physical (OR 0.60, 0.45 to 0.82, P < .05) violence. Conclusions: Interventions should aim at improving coworker relationships, work efficiency, and management promotion of the hospital violence prevention climate. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Hospitals Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Violence Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Health Care Workers Health Care Workers Hospitals Medical Facilities Risk Factors Safety Climate Work Organization Workplace Safety Climate Workplace Violence
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  60
• Issue:
  8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20056439
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2018 Aug; 60(8):693-699
• Contact Point Address:
  Judith Arnetz, PhD, MPH, PT, Department of Family Medicine, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, 788 Service Rd., B103 Clinical Center, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
• Email:
  judy.arnetz@hc.msu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Performing Organization:
  Wayne State University - Detroit, Michigan
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20110901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20150831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:de09e11fe345b6266f1caea265f90dedffb1706407d6010c60b0b38d16fb7e17ed2d3cf3daa6e18f8b4f9fc730b81a05ef7e01de99fb4bdafbbaaaf77b41c2af
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/214045/cdc_214045_DS1.pdf
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