Gender differences in reporting workplace violence: a qualitative analysis of administrative records of violent episodes experienced by healthcare workers in a large public Italian hospital

Autor: Maria Michela Gianino, Daniela Acquadro Maran, Claudio Giovanni Cortese, Pierluigi Pavanelli, Giulio Fornero
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: BMJ Open, Vol 9, Iss 11 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2044-6055
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031546
Popis: Objectives This study aims to analyse, from a descriptive and qualitative point of view, the episodes of violence reported by healthcare workers (HCWs) in a large public Italian hospital. Qualitative analysis permits us to collect the victims’ words used to describe the event and the ways in which they dealt with it. A comparison between genders was performed to better understand what type of different strategies could be used to improve the prevention of workplace violence for HCWs.Design and setting The retrospective observational study was carried out in ‘Città della Salute e della Scienza’, a complex of four interconnected hospitals situated in Northern Italy. This study analysed aggression data from the 4-year period of 2015–2018 that included all HCW categories. The data were obtained from the aggression reporting form.Participants The analysed records were supplied by 396 HCWs (3.6% of all HCWs in the hospital).Results Male HCWs aged
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