| Document ID (ISN) | 106924 |
| CIS number |
07-981 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1076-2752 - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
2004 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Hodgson M.J., Reed R., Craig T., Murphy F., Lehmann L., Belton L., Warren N. |
| Title |
Violence in healthcare facilities: Lessons from the Veterans Health Administration |
| Bibliographic information |
Nov. 2004, Vol.46, No.11, p.1158-1165. Illus. 22 ref. |
| Abstract |
This cross-sectional study examined assault frequency and risk factors in health care. A questionnaire survey was carried out in 142 hospitals. Thirteen percent of employees described at least one assault in the previous year, with the proportion assaulted per facility ranging from 1% to 26%. Patients were the most common assaulters. Working in geriatrics, psychiatry and rehabilitation represented a high risk for assault. Hours of work and work patterns represented major risk factors for assault, as were high measures of organizational stress. Training in dispute resolution strategies was associated with lower rates of assaults. Possible strategies to reduce violence are discussed. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
USA; violence; risk factors; health care personnel |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
shift work; human behaviour; psychology of work organization; stress factors; cross-sectional study; hospitals; questionnaire survey |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Commerce, services, offices
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Stress, psychosocial factors
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Health care services
Violence
Violence and terrorism
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