Factors Related to Workplace Violence against Nurses in Indonesian Emergency Departments

Abstract

Objective: The objective of this study is to examine violent incidents experienced by nurses and the associated factors of violence against nurses in Indonesian emergency departments Methods: A structured questionnaire from the World Health Organization (WHO) on workplace violence in the health sector was modified and translated into Bahasa A total of 169 nurses working in emergency departments in six (6) hospitals in Jakarta and Bekasi Indonesia were participated in the study The gathered data were analyzed using descriptive and multivariate logistic regression Result: Ten percent of emergency nurses reported experiencing physical violence and mainly perpetrated by patients whereas more than a half of emergency nurses (54 6 %) reported experiencing non-physical violence with patient’s relative as the main perpetrators More than of nurses (55 6%) did not have encouragement to report workplace violence and very few (10 1%) of nurses had received any information or training about workplace violence No predictors were found to be associated with physical violence whereas the predictor for non-physical violence is type of hospitals Conclusion: The findings of this study highlighted the seriousness of violence in Indonesian emergency departments Support from the management encouragement to report violence and availability of workplace violence training are expected to mitigate and manage violence against nurses in emergency departments

Date of Award	2014 Jul 18
Original language	English
Supervisor	Jui-Ying Feng (Supervisor)