Table 2 Workplace violence (N = 287)
Item | Option | WPV(n(%)) |
|---|---|---|
Violence styles | Physical Violence | 178(34.1) |
Verbal Violence | 211(40.4) | |
Sexual Harassment | 162(31.0) | |
Time of event | Day shift | 102(35.5) |
Middle shift | 24(8.4) | |
Night shift | 156(54.4) | |
After work | 5(1.7) | |
At the time of the event, you were: | On duty alone | 94(32.8) |
With other colleagues present | 193(67.2) | |
Location of the incident | ward | 167(58.2) |
Doctor’s Office | 4(1.4) | |
Nurse’s office | 77(26.8) | |
The corridor | 28(9.8) | |
Treatment Room | 2(0.7) | |
Other | 9(3.1) | |
perpetrator of violence | Patient | 47(16.4) |
Patient’s family | 224(78.1) | |
Visitor | 3(1.0) | |
Nurses in the department | 6(2.1) | |
Other | 7(2.4) | |
Gender of the perpetrator | Male | 185(64.5) |
Female | 102(35.5) | |
The age group of the perpetrator(years) | youth(18–45) | 235(81.9) |
middle-aged(46–69) | 47(16.4) | |
The elderly(> 69) | 5(1.7) | |
Did “obstetric violence” occur during the hospitalization of the pregnant woman in the violent incident? | Yes | 141(49.1) |
No | 146(50.9) | |
Are you directly involved in the “obstetric violence” incident? | Yes | 68(48.2) |
No | 73(51.8) | |
Perpetrator’s situation | Patient’s death | 146(50.9) |
Mental disorder | 138(48.1) | |
Low quality | 188(65.5) | |
Long waiting time | 167(58.2) | |
After drinking | 140(48.8) | |
Want to seek financial compensation | 147(51.2) | |
Drug abuse | 135(47.0) | |
Rejected unreasonable claim | 137(47.7) | |
Perceived high medical costs | 154(53.7) | |
Dissatisfaction with the doctor’s work | 151(52.6) | |
Dissatisfaction with nurses’ work | 154(53.7) | |
Unsatisfied with the treatment results | 140(48.8) | |
Other | 137(47.7) | |
Coping style | Tolerate and avoid | 221(77.0%) |
Explain patiently | 150(52.3) | |
Tit-for-tat (e.g., sparring/beating) | 114(39.7) | |
Reason first and fight back later | 136(47.4) | |
ask for help from colleagues | 151(52.6) | |
ask for help from security guards | 151(52.6) | |
Asking for help from other patients/families | 133(46.3) | |
Asking for help from the leader | 134(46.7) | |
Alarm | 116(40.4) | |
Other | 127(44.3) | |
Cause of the event | Patient or family personality traits | 144(50.2) |
The intensive workload of the obstetrics department | 140(48.8) | |
Weak interpersonal communication skills | 145(50.5) | |
Lack of proactive workplace violence risk assessment in the department | 149(51.9) | |
Maternity nurses lack awareness of the occurrence of workplace violence | 149(51.9) | |
Interference of adverse emotional events affecting obstetric nurses outside work | 142(49.5) | |
Shortage of human resources in the department | 156(54.4) | |
Other | 131(45.6) | |
The impact of the event at the time | No impact | 153(53.3) |
Mental inability to concentrate | 153(53.3) | |
aggravation | 140(48.8) | |
anger | 155(54.0) | |
Fear | 161(56.1) | |
insomnia | 139(48.4) | |
Decreased enthusiasm for work | 147(51.2) | |
Lower quality of work | 155(54.0) | |
Hate patients | 142(49.5) | |
Do not want to do this line | 138(48.1) | |
Suicidal thought | 143(49.8) | |
Other | 140(48.8) | |
The impact of the incident thus far | No impact | 145(50.5) |
Mental inability to concentrate | 141(49.1) | |
aggravation | 155(54.0) | |
anger | 162(56.4) | |
Fear | 143(49.8) | |
insomnia | 150(52.3) | |
Decreased enthusiasm for work | 156(54.4) | |
Lower quality of work | 161(56.1) | |
Hate patients | 145(50.5) | |
Do not want to do this line | 127(44.3) | |
Suicidal thought | 156(54.4) | |
Other | 149(51.9) |