Predictors of Workplace Violence in Indian Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Nurses.

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dc.contributor.authorSrivastava, Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorKumar, Aen_US
dc.contributor.authorPandurangan, Hen_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-13T10:00:10Z
dc.date.available2025-08-13T10:00:10Z
dc.date.issued2025-03
dc.description.abstractBackground: Workplace violence is a common phenomenon among health care workers. Nursing staff with shift duties tend to spend longer duration in hospital premises and hence are at higher risk. Objective: To assess the extent, perpetrators, mitigation strategies, reporting of WPV and predictors of workplace violence among nurses. Methods: A multicentre hospital based cross sectional survey among 511 nurses using a standard questionnaire was done. Descriptive and Logistic regression was used for analysis. Results: Among 511 participants 169 (33.1%) had experienced it wherein almost all (97.5%) experienced verbal violence, 75 (44.4 %) physical violence and 55 (32.5%) sexual violence. Perpetrators of violence in (26%) were patient’s relatives. Majority 153 (90.5%) expressed regular training of healthcare workers as mitigation strategy. A significant association using chi square was obtained between demographic variables as Age (?2= 13.181, p=0.04), Gender (?2= 8.675, p=0.013), Nature of duty (?2= 18.257, p=0.000), availability of Security Person (?2= 6.772, p=0.034) and types of WPV. The overall binomial logistic regression model for predictors of workplace violence was significant with ?2 (5) = 29.53, p < 0.001, implying that age, type of hospital, nature of duty, working area are significantly associated. Conclusion and Recommendations: The WPV in various forms with verbal abuse being the commonest is prevalent among nurses in India. The healthcare administration needs to be sensitized so that firm policies and procedures can be planned and executed to ensure delivery of quality Nursing Careen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsReader, College of Nursing, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhien_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsProfessor, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Central University of Himachal Pradeshen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsAssistant Professor, Amity College Of Nursing, Amity University, Manesar, Gurgaon, Haryanaen_US
dc.identifier.citationSrivastava S, Kumar A, Pandurangan H. Predictors of Workplace Violence in Indian Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Nurses.. Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences. 2025 Mar; 24(93): 1-5en_US
dc.identifier.issn0972-5997
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/252877
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherLight House Polyclinicen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber93en_US
dc.relation.volume24en_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.ojhas.org/issue93/2025-1-4.pdfen_US
dc.subjectWorkplace violenceen_US
dc.subjectNursesen_US
dc.subjectPredictorsen_US
dc.subjectRisk factorsen_US
dc.subjectHospitalsen_US
dc.subjectVerbal abuseen_US
dc.subjectPhysical abuseen_US
dc.subjectSexual abuseen_US
dc.titlePredictors of Workplace Violence in Indian Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Nurses.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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