Post-traumatic responses to workplace violence among nursing professionals: a collaborative and comparative study in South Korea and Hong Kong

BMC Nursing

Research

Soyun Hong¹  Heejung Kim²  Janet Yuen Ha Wong³  Sujin Nam⁴ 

[1] College of Nursing Brain Korea 21 FOUR Project, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea;Department of Nursing, Korean Bible University, Seoul, Republic of Korea;College of Nursing and Mo-Im Kim Nursing Research Institute, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea;School of Nursing and Health Studies, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong, China;School of Nursing, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China;

关键词: Adaptation;    Psychological;    Mental health;    Nurses;    Post-traumatic growth;    Psychological;    Stress disorders;    Post-traumatic;    Workplace violence;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12912-023-01502-7

 received in 2023-02-28, accepted in 2023-09-12,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundWorkplace violence has had a significant and negative psychological impact on nursing professionals worldwide. Concerted worldwide efforts to improve work environments have not yet removed nursing professionals from the threat of violence. It is highly essential to conduct comparative research in various working environments where the nurses of each country have unique experiences of workplace violence. The aim of this study was to examine the differences in the rate, associated factors, and post-traumatic responses to workplace violence between South Korean and Chinese nurses in Hong Kong among East Asian countries.MethodsA cross-sectional, correlational study design recruited a total of 471 registered nurses (319 South Korean nurses and 152 Chinese nurses in Hong Kong; overall response rate = 78.5%) at online communities in South Korea and Hong Kong. The data were collected by conducting a Qualtrics survey from January 15, 2020, to July 24, 2021. A structured questionnaire was administered for data collection, including rate of workplace violence, perception of workplace violence, attitudes toward workplace violence, coping styles, post-traumatic cognitions, post-traumatic stress disorder, post-traumatic growth, and mental health indicators (depression, anxiety, and stress). T-test, chi-squared, and binary logistic regression analyses were conducted.ResultsIn our sample, 30.7% South Korean nurses and 31.6% Chinese nurses in Hong Kong had experienced workplace violence. South Korean and Chinese nurses in Hong Kong with experience of workplace violence had lower perceptions of it. Nurses with experience of workplace violence reported lower levels of mental health, and this trend was more prominent among South Korean nurses.ConclusionsOur study findings showed a positive association between workplace violence and post-traumatic responses in both settings. We found that the close monitoring of post-traumatic responses associated with workplace violence could be improved by enhancing nurses’ perception of workplace violence.

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