title: Workplace violence and its effect on burnout and turnover attempt among Chinese medical staff.
abstract: The present study was to evaluate workplace violence and examine its effect on job burnout and turnover attempt among medical staff in China. A total of 2,020 medical employees were selected from Fujian province by using stratified cluster sampling method. The Chinese version of the Workplace Violence Scale and the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey were used to measure the workplace violence and job burnout, respectively. Other potential influencing factors for job burnout and turnover attempt were collected using a structured questionnaire. The incidence of workplace violence among medical staff was 48.0%. Workplace violence had a positive correlation with emotional exhaustion and cynicism and a negative correlation with professional efficacy. Workplace violence, marital status, employment type, working time (≥ 10 h/day), performance recognition, and life satisfaction were significant predictors for turnover attempt among Chinese medical staff.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics , Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Environment Factors and Cancer, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University , Fuzhou , Fujian , China.
authors.forename: Shiying
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: a Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics , Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Environment Factors and Cancer, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University , Fuzhou , Fujian , China.
authors.forename: Shaowei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: b Department of Hematology , Fujian Medical University Union Hospital , Fuzhou , Fujian , China.
authors.forename: Qishuang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ruan
authors.affiliation: c Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine , School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University , Fuzhou , Fujian , China.
authors.forename: Huangyuan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: a Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics , Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Environment Factors and Cancer, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University , Fuzhou , Fujian , China.
authors.forename: Siying
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008503:Medical Staff / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010563:Personnel Turnover / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015995:Prevalence; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*; D064450:Workplace Violence / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: China; job burnout; medical staff; turnover attempt; workplace violence