title: A study on workplace violence and its effect on quality of life among medical professionals in China.
abstract: The present study was conducted to investigate workplace violence and to examine how it is associated with quality of life (QOL) among medical professionals in China. A total of 2,464 medical professionals were selected from Fujian Province and Henan Province by using stratified cluster-sampling method. A Chinese version of the workplace violence scale was used to measure the incidence of workplace violence. The Short Form-36 Health Survey was employed to assess their QOL. Approximately 50% of the participants reported at least one type of workplace violence occurring in the previous 12 months. The multivariate analysis demonstrated workplace violence as a significant predictor for QOL among medical professionals, after controlling for other potential predictors. It suggests that the implementation of violence prevention policies and strategies to reduce workplace violence may improve QOL of medical professionals in China.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics , School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University , Fuzhou , Fujian , China.
authors.forename: Siying
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Shaowei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Huangyuan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Wenli
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chai
authors.forename: Qiaohui
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yihai
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D064450:Workplace Violence / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*