Extent, Nature, and Risk Factors of Workplace Violence in Public Tertiary Hospitals in China: A Cross-Sectional Survey

He Liu, Siqi Zhao, Mingli Jiao, Jingtao Wang, David H. Peters, Hong Qiao, Yuchong Zhao, Ye Li, Lei Song, Kai Xing, Yan Lu and Qunhong Wu
Additional contact information
He Liu: Department of Health Policy and Hospital Management, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, 157 Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin 150081, China
Siqi Zhao: Department of Health Policy and Hospital Management, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, 157 Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin 150081, China
Mingli Jiao: Department of Health Policy and Hospital Management, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, 157 Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin 150081, China
Jingtao Wang: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, 157 Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin 150081, China
David H. Peters: Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Hong Qiao: Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, The 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, 246 Xuefu Road, Nangang District, Harbin 150081, China
Yuchong Zhao: Heilongjiang Nursing College, 209 Xuefu Road, Nangang District, Harbin 150081, China
Ye Li: Department of Health Policy and Hospital Management, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, 157 Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin 150081, China
Lei Song: Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, 157 Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin 150081, China
Kai Xing: Department of Health Policy and Hospital Management, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, 157 Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin 150081, China
Yan Lu: School of Public Health, Jiamusi University, Jiamusi 154007, China
Qunhong Wu: Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, 157 Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin 150081, China

IJERPH, 2015, vol. 12, issue 6, 1-17

Abstract: Using a cross-sectional survey design from 11 public tertiary hospitals (a specialist hospital, four Chinese medicine hospitals, and six general hospitals) in the urban areas of Heilongjiang, we determined the nature of workplace violence that medical staff have encountered in Chinese hospitals and identified factors associated with those experiences of violence. A total of 1129 health workers participated. The specialist hospital had the highest prevalence of physical violence (35.4%), while the general hospitals had the highest prevalence of non-physical violence (76%). Inexperienced medical staff ( p < 0.001) were more likely to suffer non-physical violence than physical violence in Chinese medicine hospitals compared to experienced staff. Medical units ( p = 0.001) had a high risk of non-physical violence, while surgical units ( p = 0.005) had a high risk of physical violence. In general hospitals, staff with higher levels of anxiety about workplace violence were more vulnerable to both physical violence (1.67, 95% CI 1.36–2.10) and non-physical violence (1.309, 95% CI 1.136–1.508) compared to those with lower levels of anxiety, while rotating shift workers had a higher odds of physical violence (2.2, 95% CI 1.21–4.17) and non-physical violence (1.65, 95% CI 1.13–2.41) compared to fixed day shift workers. Thus, prevention should focus not only on high-risk sections of hospitals, but also on the nature of the hospital itself.

Keywords: Chinese medicine hospitals; general hospitals; specialist hospitals; workplace violence; risk factor (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/12/6/6801/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/12/6/6801/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:12:y:2015:i:6:p:6801-6817:d:51194

Access Statistics for this article

IJERPH is currently edited by Ms. Jenna Liu

More articles in IJERPH from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().