The relationship of health-related quality of life to workplace physical violence against nurses by psychiatric patients

Purpose To clarify the relationship of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) to workplace physical violence (WPV) against nurses by psychiatric patients. Methods A Web-based WHOQOL-BREF was used to assess HRQoL and an intranet Workplace Violence Report System was used to record WPV incidents in ord...

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Published in:Quality of life research 2010-10, Vol.19 (8), p.1155-1161
Main Authors: Chen, Wen-Ching, Huang, Chuan-Ju, Hwang, Jing-Shiang, Chen, Chiao-Chicy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anxiety
CLINICAL AND POLICY APPLICATIONS
Domestic violence
Female
Health
Health Status
Humans
Intranets
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental Disorders
Nurse-Patient Relations
Nurses
Predisposing factors
Psychiatric hospitals
Psychiatric nurses
Psychiatric Nursing
Psychiatry
Public Health
Quality of Life
Quality of Life Research
Questionnaires
Resignations
Social psychology
Sociology
Variables
Violence
Workplace
Workplace violence
Workplaces
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Summary:Purpose To clarify the relationship of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) to workplace physical violence (WPV) against nurses by psychiatric patients. Methods A Web-based WHOQOL-BREF was used to assess HRQoL and an intranet Workplace Violence Report System was used to record WPV incidents in order to design prospective longitudinal repeat measures over a period of 12 months, as well as using a subject-domain approach to detect any significant association between HRQoL and WPV. Results A total of 129 physical violence events were reported, and the WHOQOL-BREF was completed a total of 860 times. A lower HRQoL score within 7 days before an event in psychological domain was a predictor of WPV after adjustment for other variables. Other consistent risk factors for violence were being married, shorter employment duration, and quite a bit or extreme worry about violence. The social domain scores worsened within 7 days after an event. Conclusion A worsened psychological domain score might predict violence, and improving HRQoL seems to be helpful in preventing WPV against nurses by psychiatric patients.
ISSN:0962-9343
1573-2649
DOI:10.1007/s11136-010-9679-4