title: [Effects of the workplace violence on the sub-health status of nurses].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the effects of workplace violence on sub-health status of nurses and to provide the theoretical basis for preventing the workplace violence in the hospitals and improving the health status of nurses.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 679 nurses were selected by using stratified cluster sampling method. The Chinese version of workplace violence scale (WVS) and sub-health scale were used to measure workplace violence and sub-health status, respectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The subjects with middle age (30-45 years) were found to have the highest incidence of physical assault (24.5%) and emotional assault (52.2%) as compared with other subjects (P<0.05). The prevalence (23.6%) of emotional assault of subjects with lowest education levels was significantly lower than that of others (P<0.05). The nurses with work shift were more vulnerable to emotional assault (45.1%) than those without work shift (36.8%)(P<0.05). The prevalence of the workplace violence of nurses in the psychiatric department and emergency department was significantly higher than that of nurses in other departments (P<0.05). The results of multivariate analysis showed that workplace violence was an important risk factor for sub-health status of nurses when other potential confounding factors were taken into account.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of present study showed that workplace violence plays an important role in sub-health status of nurses after adjusting other potential confounding factors. It is important to develop the prevention strategies for reducing the incidence of workplace violence and improving the sub-health status of nurses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350004, China
authors.forename: Si-ying
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Huang-yuan
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Shao-wei
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D016272:Occupational Health; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014754:Violence; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult