The relationship of workplace violence and nurse outcomes: Gender difference study on a propensity score matched sample

Source avec lien : Journal of Advanced Nursing, 76(2), 2020. 10.1111/jan.14268

Étudier la violence au travail et les résultats des infirmières en comparant les différences entre les sexes. Conception Analyse secondaire des données d’une enquête transversale. Méthodes La violence au travail a été mesurée par quatre éléments de l’International Hospital Outcome Study. Les résultats des infirmières ont été mesurés à l’aide d’outils tels que l’épuisement professionnel, la satisfaction au travail et l’intention de rester. Nous avons utilisé l’appariement des scores de propension pour générer un ensemble de données sociodémographiques équilibrées de 108 hommes et 288 femmes infirmières. Un modèle de relation hypothétique a été dérivé de la théorie des événements affectifs. Des statistiques comparatives et une modélisation d’équation structurelle multigroupe ont été effectuées pour analyser les différences entre les sexes. Les données ont été recueillies en Chine entre décembre 2013 et août 2014.

Aims To investigate workplace violence and nurse outcomes by comparing gender differences. Design A secondary analysis of cross-sectional survey data. Methods Workplace violence was measured by four items from the International Hospital Outcome Study. Nurse outcomes were measured by tools including burnout, job satisfaction and intention to stay. We used propensity score matching to generate a sociodemographic balanced dataset of 108 male and 288 female nurses. A hypothetical relationship model was derived from the affective events theory. Comparative statistics and multi-group structural equation modelling were conducted to analyze gender differences. Data were collected in China from December 2013 – August 2014. Results Male nurses reported more workplace violence from staff and less intention to stay than females. Besides finding the mediation of burnout sharing with female nurses consistent with the affective events theory, workplace violence was directly linked to less intention to stay in male nurses. Conclusion Male nurses experience more workplace violence by staff than female nurses. Besides responding emotionally to workplace violence like female nurses, male nurses also respond behaviourally. Impact What problem did the study address? Gender differences in workplace violence and its relationship to nurse outcomes. What were the main findings? Male nurses experienced more workplace violence than female nurses, linked directly to less intention to stay. Workplace violence linked to less job satisfaction and intention to stay in nurses was mediated by burnout. Where and on whom will the research have impact? Gender-based prevention of and coping with workplace violence should be included in nursing training.

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