title: Concern about Workplace Violence and Its Risk Factors in Chinese Township Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Study.
abstract: Workplace violence in Chinese township hospitals is a major public health problem. We identified the risk factors of healthcare workers' worry about experiencing workplace violence in 90 Chinese township hospitals and determined specific measures for differing stages of violence (based on crisis management theory). Participants were 440 general practitioners and 398 general nurses from Heilongjiang Province, China (response rate 84.6%). One hundred and six (12.6%) respondents reported being physically attacked in their workplace in the previous 12 months. Regarding psychological violence, the most common type reported was verbal abuse (46.0%). While most (85.2%) respondents had some degree of worry about suffering violence, 22.1% were worried or very worried. Ordinal regression analysis revealed that being ≤35 years of age, having a lower educational level, having less work experience, and working night shifts were all associated with worry about workplace violence. Furthermore, those without experience of such violence were more likely to worry about it. Respondents' suggested measures for controlling violence included "widening channels on medical dispute solutions," "improving doctor-patient communication," and "advocating for respect for medical workers via the media." Results suggest the target factors for reducing healthcare workers' worry by according to the type of education and training and possible measures for limiting workplace violence in township hospitals.
authors: Department of Health, Policy and Hospital Management, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China. xingkai19921202@163.com.
authors: Kai
authors: K
authors: Xing
authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China. xuezhang1212@sina.com.
authors: Xue
authors: X
authors: Zhang
authors: Department of Health, Policy and Hospital Management, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China. minglijiao@126.com.|Institute of Quantitative and Technical Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Science, Beijing 100000, China. minglijiao@126.com.
authors: Mingli
authors: M
authors: Jiao
authors: Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China. yucuicuicui@126.com.
authors: Yu
authors: Y
authors: Cui
authors: School of Public Health, Jiamusi University, Jiamusi 154007, China. jmsly@163.com.
authors: Yan
authors: Y
authors: Lu
authors: School of Public Health, QiQihar Medical University, QiQihar 161006, China. jinghualiu1@sina.com.
authors: Jinghua
authors: J
authors: Liu
authors: Continuing Education Section, Third Affiliated Hospital of QiQihar Medical University, QiQihar 161000, China. jingjing_she@126.com.
authors: Jingjing
authors: J
authors: Zhang
authors: Department of Publicity and United Front Work, Heilongjiang Nursing College, Harbin 150081, China. zhaoyuchong@foxmail.com.
authors: Yuchong
authors: Y
authors: Zhao
authors: Department of Computed Tomography, The 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China. yanmingzhao1@sina.com.
authors: Yanming
authors: Y
authors: Zhao
authors: Department of Health, Policy and Hospital Management, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China. Liye19832014@126.com.
authors: Ye
authors: Y
authors: Li
authors: Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China. lianglibo2015@163.com.
authors: Libo
authors: L
authors: Liang
authors: Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China. zhengkang1983@126.com.
authors: Zheng
authors: Z
authors: Kang
authors: Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China. qunhongwu@126.com.
authors: Qunhong
authors: Q
authors: Wu
authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China. meiyin1212@sina.com.
authors: Mei
authors: M
authors: Yin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002681:China; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D058005:General Practitioners / Q000523:psychology; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014754:Violence; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology; D064450:Workplace Violence / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: risk factors; township hospitals; workplace violence; worry