Assessment and Analysis of Workplace Violence in a Greek Tertiary Hospital.
This study sought to assess workplace violence in a Greek tertiary hospital for the first time. The authors conducted a descriptive study with 175 participants and examined the characteristics of violent episodes, the responses of victims and the administration, and the perception of workplace safety in addition to the implications of these incidents. The vast majority of employees (83.4%) had experienced work-related violence; however, half of them (52%) had not reported the incident to the hospital administration. Verbal violence was the most common type of incident (98.6%). Nurses and other health care staff reported feeling safer than physicians (odds ratio [OR] = 4.47, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.94-10.28 and OR = 2.80, 95% CI: 1.64-8.74, respectively). A large proportion of victims (72.6%) suffered psychological consequences following the violent incident. This study reveals the high prevalence of workplace violence in a Greek tertiary hospital and underscores its negative impact on health care workers.
a Health Center Aitolikou, Department of General Medicine , University Hospital of Patras , Patras , Greece.
George
G
Mantzouranis
Eleftheria
E
Fafliora
Vasileios G
VG
Bampalis
Ioanna
I
Christopoulou
D000328:Adult; D000786:Anger; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016272:Occupational Health; D010362:Patients' Rooms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010465:Perception; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017406:Sexual Harassment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D064450:Workplace Violence / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
Greece; health care sector; workplace violence