Workplace aggression, psychological distress, and job satisfaction among Palestinian nurses: A cross-sectional study

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• 作者：Yousef Jaradat ; BSN ; MSN^a ; ^b ; ^{jaradat.you@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Morten Birkeland Nielsen ; MS ; PhD^a ; ^{morten.nielsen@stami.no" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Petter Kristensen ; MD ; PhD^a ; ^{Kristensen@stami.no" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Khaldoun Nijem ; BSc ; PhD^c ; ^{knijem@hotmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Espen Bjertness ; DDS ; PhD^b ; ^{espen.bjertness@medisin.uio.no" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Hein Stigum ; MSc ; PhD^b ; ^{hein.stigum@fhi.no" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Rita Bast-Pettersen ; PsyD ; PhD^a ; ^{rita.bast@stami.no" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Bullying/Mobbing ; General health questionnaire-30 items (GHQ-30) ; Generic job satisfaction scale ; Palestinian nurses ; Physical aggression ; Verbal aggression
• 刊名：Applied Nursing Research
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：November 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：32
• 期：Complete
• 页码：190-198
• 全文大小：373 K

文摘

Nurses can be exposed to aggressive behavior from patients, patient's relatives, colleagues and visitors.

Purpose

To determine the prevalence of workplace aggression among Palestinian nurses in the Hebron district and to examine cross-sectional associations between exposure to workplace aggression and the occurrence of psychological distress and job satisfaction.

Methods

Of 372 nurses eligible for the study, 343 were included (response rate of 92.2%). The sample comprised 62% females and 38% males. The participants responded to questions about their socio-demographic status, workplace aggression (WHO questionnaires), psychological distress (General Health Questionnaire, GHQ-30), and job satisfaction (Generic Job Satisfaction Scale).

Results

Ninety-three (27.1%) of the respondents reported exposure to workplace aggression of any kind. Seventeen (5%) reported exposure to physical aggression, 83 (24.2%) reported exposure to verbal aggression, and 25 (7.3%) reported exposure to bullying. The patients and the patients' relatives were the main sources of physical and verbal aggression, whereas colleagues were the main source of bullying. Males reported a higher prevalence of bullying than females. Younger nurses reported a higher prevalence of exposure to physical aggression, verbal aggression and bullying. Verbal aggression was associated with more psychological distress. Bullying was associated with lower job satisfaction.

Conclusions

More than a quarter of the nurses reported that they had been subject to some sort of aggression at the workplace. Verbal aggression was associated with higher psychological distress. Workplace bullying was associated with lower job satisfaction. Increased awareness and preventive measures to address this problem among health care workers are warranted.