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:: Volume 1, Issue 4 (2-2024) ::
Knowledge of Nursing 2024, 1(4): 339-353 Back to browse issues page
Comparing workplace violence against psychiatric nurses in public and private hospitals in Kerman
Mostafa Yazdani , Sima Najjar Zade , Marjan Shams Poor , Mana Aminaei , Farzaneh Raaii , Ladan Shahba , Farzaneh Jahanbakhsh *
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine Shahid Beheshti Hospital Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran , f.jahanbakhsh@kmu.ac.ir
Abstract:   (324 Views)
Background and Aim: Workplace violence against nurses affect their health, productivity and quality of care especially in psychiatric nursing. This study compares workplace violence against psychiatric nurses in public and private hospitals in kerman,Iran.
Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2023 on 80 nurses working in psychiatric wards of public and private hospitals in Kerman, Iran. Data were collected using Workplace Violence in Health Sector Survey (2003). The statistical analysis was carried out through SPSS-26 software, using descriptive and inferential statistics such as Chi-square and logistic regression.
Results: The overall prevalence of physical, verbal, sexual and cultural violence was found to be 52.50%, 70%, 8.80%, and 10%, respectively. Also, no significant difference was observed in this regard between the hospitals. Verbal violence mostly included insults (93.30%), ridicule (86.70%), and humiliation (73.30%), and they were primarily perpetrated by male patients (66.7%). Number of night shifts per month significantly increased physical (p= 0.008) and verbal violence (p= 0.036). The most common reactions of nurses were calming down the attacker (75%) and self-defence (57.50%). Also, 70% of nurses reported that the rate of violence was higher in public hospitals (82.50%) than in private hospitals (57.5).
Conclusion: The findings confirm the high prevalence of violence against nurses in psychiatric hospitals. Measures such as increasing staff, improving work environment, training staff, and implementing reporting and follow-up systems are essential for violence management.
 
Keywords: Workplace violence, nurses, psychiatric ward.
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: General
Received: 2025/07/3 | Accepted: 2025/02/22 | Published: 2025/02/22
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Yazdani M, Najjar Zade S, Shams Poor M, Aminaei M, Raaii F, Shahba L et al . Comparing workplace violence against psychiatric nurses in public and private hospitals in Kerman. Knowledge of Nursing 2024; 1 (4) :339-353
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