Analysis on epidemiological characteristic and reason of violence in hospital

  Objective   To determine the status of violence in hospitals and to confirm the high risk settings of violence.

  Methods   A cross-sectional study was adopted.T he workers in some hospitals were investigated by cluster sampling.

  Results   215 workers were exposed to violence among 505 workers.The incidence rate of violence was 42.6 percentage.Among all types of violence, verbal violence was the most common, accounting for 67.7 percentage.The most high-risk office in hospital was emergency rooms, followed by clinical laboratory or image, outpatient department and pediatric rooms.The influences of violence on workers varied from light impact to suicidal ideation.Once exposed to violence, the workers might argue with patients.

  Conclusion   The violence had an important health problem.The education should be developed and the relationship between doctor and patient should be disposed correctly in order to protect the workers safe and ensure the natural health services.