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- Title
Nurses' attitudes and reactions to workplace violence in obstetrics and gynaecology departments in Cairo hospitals.
- Authors
Samir, N.; Mohamed, R.; Moustafa, E.; Abou Saif, H.
- Abstract
This study aimed to identify forms of workplace violence against obstetrics and gynaecology nurses and assess their reaction and attitude to it. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in 2009 among 416 randomly selected nurses in obstetrics and gynaecology departments in 8 hospitals in Cairo, Egypt. Data were collected using a self-completed questionnaire and Likert scale to record sociodemographic characteristics, exposure to workplace violence and its types, and nurses' reaction and attitude to it. The majority of nurses (86.1%) had been exposed to workplace violence. Patients' relatives were the greatest source of violence (38.5%) and psychological violence was the most common form (78.1%). Carelessness (40.5%) and malpractice of nurses (35.8%) were reported as the usual causes of violence. For psychological and physical violence < 50% of the nurses used the formal system to report abuse. Most nurses (87.2%) considered workplace violence had a negative effect of on them. Guidelines for protection of nursing staff are needed.
- Subjects
EGYPT; VIOLENCE in the workplace; CONFIDENCE intervals; STATISTICAL correlation; GYNECOLOGY; MALPRACTICE; RESEARCH methodology; NURSES; NURSES' attitudes; OBSTETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION analysis; STATISTICAL sampling; SCALE analysis (Psychology); SELF-evaluation; CROSS-sectional method; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 2012, Vol 18, Issue 3, p198
- ISSN
1020-3397
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.26719/2012.18.3.198