Development of a Data Collection Instrument for Violent Patient Encounters against Healthcare Workers
| Autor: | Samantha R. Hauff, Terry Kowalenko, Peter C. Morden, Barbara Smith |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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| Zdroj: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol 13, Iss 5, Pp 429-433 (2012) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1936-900X 1936-9018 |
| Popis: | Introduction: Healthcare and social workers have the highest incidence of workplace violence ofany industry. Assaults toward healthcare workers account for nearly half of all nonfatal injuries fromoccupational violence. Our goal was to develop and evaluate an instrument for prospective collectionof data relevant to emergency department (ED) violence against healthcare workers.Methods: Participants at a high-volume tertiary care center were shown 11 vignettes portrayingverbal and physical assaults and responded to a survey developed by the research team andpiloted by ED personnel addressing the type and severity of violence portrayed. Demographic andemployment groups were compared using the independent-samples Mann-Whitney U Test.Results: There were 193 participants (91 male). We found few statistical differences whencomparing occupational and gender groups. Males assigned higher severity scores to acts ofverbal violence versus females (mean M,F=3.08, 2.70; p |
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