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Prevalence of violence towards nursing staff in Slovenian nursing homes Cover

Prevalence of violence towards nursing staff in Slovenian nursing homes

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|May 2016

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

The correlation between individual variables defined in the study on workplace violence of patients towards staff in Slovenian nursing homes in 2015.

Employees dealing with certain emotions and states - the results of the study on workplace violence of patients towards staff in Slovenian nursing homes in 2015_

ClaimNMin intensityMax intensityMean intensityStd.dev
Fear520153.501.29
Insecurity515153.411.13
Helplessness514153.331.19
Lack of training511152.951.34
Anger513151.921.01
Despair511153.161.46
Vulnerability516153.521.29
Lack of empathy513151.93.99
by co-workers
Lack of empathy514153.121.11
by superiors

Work and workplace violence (n=527) - the results of the study on violence of patients towards staff in Slovenian nursing homes in 2015_

Have you been exposed to verbal abuse by patients at your workplace in the last year?YES = 37871.1%
If so, how often?
1-2x170
3-5x136
6-9x18
10x<54
Have you been exposed to verbal abuse by co-workers or superiors at your workplace during the lastYES = 7414%
If so, how often?
1-2x30
3-5x30
6-9x9
10x<6
Have you been exposed to sexual harassment by patients at your workplace during the last year?YES = 18635.5%
If so, how often?
1-2x154
3-5x22
6-9x8
10x<5
Have you been exposed to sexual harassment by co-workers or superiors at your workplace during the lastYES = 50.9%
If so, how often?
1-2x4
3-5x0
6-9x1
10x<0
Have you been exposed to physical violence by patients at your workplace during the last year?YES = 33663.8%
If so, how often?
1-2x148
3-5x110
6-9x21
10x<22
Have you been exposed to physical violence by co-workers or superiors at your workplace during the last year?YES = 50.9%
If so, how often?
1-2x2
3-5x2
6-9x1
10x<0
Have you ever been injured by a patient at your workplace?YES = 19436.8%
If so, how often?
1-2x171
3-5x21
6-9x1
10x<2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjph-2016-0027 | Journal eISSN: 1854-2476 | Journal ISSN: 0351-0026
Language: English
Page range: 212 - 217
Submitted on: Nov 16, 2015
Accepted on: Mar 24, 2016
Published on: May 10, 2016
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2016 Branko Gabrovec, Ivan Eržen, published by National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.