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保密資料3年
公開日期:2024年9月1日

[摘要]
Background: Workplace violence (WPV) often occurs among health workers. Psychiatry department is also the top three of the most frequent to experience workplace violence. In recent years, people have paid more attention to the quality of life (QOL), especially in mental health. A positive work environment can help to improve the quality of life of nurses. Improving nurses’ quality of life is of great help to their work performance and patient safety. This paper investigates the current situation of WPV among psychiatric nurses and the relationship between QOL. Objectives: (1) to examine the prevalence of workplace violence against psychiatric nurses; (2) to explore the differences between nurses with and without workplace violence in terms of socio-demographic characteristics; (3) to examine the relationships between workplace violence and QOL in psychiatric nurses in Jiangmen-China. Methods: Self-report questionnaire to comprehend data on 135 nurses in a hospital of Jiangmen. The scale SF-36 measures quality of life. SPSS Version 22 was used to analyze data. Chi-square test was used to analyze the comparisons of the socio-demographic factors between nurses with and without WPV exposure. Mann-Whitney U test was used to analyze socio-demographic factors as well as QOL and the relationship of WPV and QOL. Results: A total of 135 questionnaires were included. About 71.1% of psychiatric nurses explored in WPV and the most frequent violence were verbal (64.4%) and physical violence (45.2%). Significant difference was found between shift work and worry level of WPV (p<0.05). Subjective worry level also was found to relate to nurse’s quality of life (p<0.05). WPV can affect QOL especially in mental dimension(p<0.01). The perpetrators were patient and patient’s family. Head nurse, colleagues and their family and friends are the ones who were encouraged to report WPV. Conclusions: WPV can affect psychiatric nurses’ QOL. It is time to change and reduce the risk to provide safe working environment. Colleagues have a positive role in reporting workplace violence.