title: Bullying or violence during training and the risk of dropout from the eldercare sector 2 years later.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The proportion of old people in need of care is growing rapidly in most western societies, and there is a rising demand for qualified eldercare workers in the years to come. Hence, solutions to high turnover in the eldercare sector are becoming increasingly important.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To test whether bullying, violence and/or threats of violence (violence) among health care trainees are predictors of subsequent dropout from the eldercare sector 2 years after graduation from college.
  
  
  METHODS
  A questionnaire was given to all health care trainees in Denmark approximately 2 weeks before their graduation in 2004. Female respondents (N = 5000) were followed in national employment registers to see whether they had dropped out of the eldercare sector by the end of 2006. Logistic regression was used to model the outcome.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among the respondents, 5.5% had been bullied during the training period, 9.1% had been subjected to violence. Hereof, 1% reported exposure to both bullying and violence. At follow-up, 37% had dropped out of the eldercare sector. The odds of dropout were significantly associated with bullying, OR = 1.39 (95% CI: 1.08-1.79), but not with violence, OR = 0.89 (95% CI: 0.72-1.09).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Being bullied while in training as a health care worker is a predictor of subsequent dropout from the eldercare sector.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. annie.hogh@psy.ku.dk
authors.forename: Annie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hogh
authors.forename: Hanne
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Giver
authors.forename: Harald
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hannerz
authors.forename: Betina Holbæk
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Pedersen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D058445:Bullying; D003718:Denmark; D005260:Female; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D011446:Prospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014754:Violence; D000078329:Workforce