Workplace aggression, psychological distress, and job satisfaction among Palestinian nurses: A cross-sectional study
| Autor: | Rita Bast-Pettersen, Morten Birkeland Nielsen, Khaldoun Nijem, Yousef Jaradat, Hein Stigum, Espen Bjertness, Petter Kristensen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Workplace bullying
Canada medicine.medical_specialty Cross-sectional study Job Satisfaction 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Workplace aggression Surveys and Questionnaires Health care medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Israel Workplace Psychiatry General Nursing Response rate (survey) 030504 nursing Aggression business.industry Arabs Cross-Sectional Studies Job satisfaction medicine.symptom General Health Questionnaire 0305 other medical science Psychology business Stress Psychological |
| Zdroj: | Applied Nursing Research. 32:190-198 |
| ISSN: | 0897-1897 |
| Popis: | Background Nurses can be exposed to aggressive behavior from patients, patient's relatives, colleagues and visitors. Purpose To determine the prevalence of workplace aggression among Palestinian nurses in the Hebron district and to examine cross-sectional associations between exposure to workplace aggression and the occurrence of psychological distress and job satisfaction. Methods Of 372 nurses eligible for the study, 343 were included (response rate of 92.2%). The sample comprised 62% females and 38% males. The participants responded to questions about their socio-demographic status, workplace aggression (WHO questionnaires), psychological distress (General Health Questionnaire, GHQ-30), and job satisfaction (Generic Job Satisfaction Scale). Results Ninety-three (27.1%) of the respondents reported exposure to workplace aggression of any kind. Seventeen (5%) reported exposure to physical aggression, 83 (24.2%) reported exposure to verbal aggression, and 25 (7.3%) reported exposure to bullying. The patients and the patients' relatives were the main sources of physical and verbal aggression, whereas colleagues were the main source of bullying. Males reported a higher prevalence of bullying than females. Younger nurses reported a higher prevalence of exposure to physical aggression, verbal aggression and bullying. Verbal aggression was associated with more psychological distress. Bullying was associated with lower job satisfaction. Conclusions More than a quarter of the nurses reported that they had been subject to some sort of aggression at the workplace. Verbal aggression was associated with higher psychological distress. Workplace bullying was associated with lower job satisfaction. Increased awareness and preventive measures to address this problem among health care workers are warranted. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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