title: [Analysis of violence against health care workers through medical surveillance at the workplace in a 8-yr period].
abstract: Physical and moral violence against the workers of a local public health unit is perspectively studied in the period 2005-2011. Data were collected during periodic medical surveillance of all workers exposed to risk and with more than one year of seniority. The prevalence of the phenomenon is constant in the period under review. On average, each year a worker in ten is physically assaulted, and one in five is subjected to verbal abuse. The professional groups most exposed to violence are nurses (OR 2.67 IC95% 1.63-4.39) and doctors (OR 2.44 IC95% 1.34-4.46). The areas at greatest risk are the psychiatric care (OR 25.7, IC95% 11.1-59.6) and emergency and first aid (OR 8.8, CI95% 3.8-20.5). The workplace violence against health workers requires urgent preventive interventions.
authors: Istituto di Medicina del Lavoro, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy.
authors: Nicola
authors: N
authors: Magnavita
authors: Tarja
authors: T
authors: Heponiemi
authors: Liliana
authors: L
authors: Bevilacqua
authors: Andrea
authors: A
authors: Capri
authors: Katia
authors: K
authors: Roccia
authors: Daniela
authors: D
authors: Quaranta
authors: Stefania
authors: S
authors: Ciriello
authors: Maddalena
authors: M
authors: Gabriele
authors: Annamaria
authors: A
authors: Giudice
authors: Marcella
authors: M
authors: Lilli
authors: Giulia
authors: G
authors: Magnavita
authors: Giuseppe
authors: G
authors: Polselli
authors: Antonio
authors: A
authors: Carbone
authors: Giuseppe
authors: G
authors: Quintavalle
authors: Salvatore
authors: S
authors: Squarcione
authors: Antonio
authors: A
authors: Bergamaschi
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D011159:Population Surveillance; D013997:Time Factors; D014754:Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017132:Workplace