Violence at work and work engagement against nursing professionals in Spain: a cross-sectional study

e202301003

Authors

  • José Antonio Climent-Rodríguez Facultad de Ciencias del Trabajo, Universidad de Huelva. Huelva. España.
  • Yolanda Navarro-Abal Facultad de Ciencias del Trabajo, Universidad de Huelva. Huelva. España.
  • Juan Jesús García-Iglesias Departamento de Sociología, Trabajo Social y Salud Pública, Universidad de Huelva. Huelva. España.
  • Rosa María Vaca-Acosta Facultad de Ciencias del Trabajo, Universidad de Huelva. Huelva. España.
  • Mónica Ortega-Moreno Departamento de Economía, Universidad de Huelva. Huelva. España.
  • Juan Gómez-Salgado Departamento de Sociología, Trabajo Social y Salud Pública, Universidad de Huelva. Huelva. España. / Universidad Espíritu Santo. Guayaquil. Ecuador.

Keywords:

Violence at work, Work engagement, Nursing, Harassment, Aggression, Occupational health, Public health

Abstract

BACKGROUND // Nurses are one of the groups most exposed to violence in the workplace. The objective of this study was to analyze the relationship between violence at work and engagement in a sample of nurses in Spain.
METHODS // A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in a national sample of Spanish nurses. A questionnaire was administered that collected the sociodemographic variables, the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES-9) and an ad hoc scale on violence at work. The Mann-Whitney U test was performed as the statistical test with Bonferroni correction and the CHAID algorithm.
RESULTS // The sample consisted of a total of 1,648 active nurses. It was observed that 42.17% of them had personally suffered some type of aggression or violence in the workplace, verbal aggression being the most frequent. The results indicated that there was a negative association between work engagement and exposure to situations of violence at work.
CONCLUSIONS // There is a relationship between having suffered attacks and the degree of work engagement against nurses, hence the need to establish effective preventive and intervention policies to promote an adequate work environment, and therefore stop episodes of violence in their initial stages.

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Published

2023-01-16

How to Cite

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Climent-Rodríguez JA, Navarro-Abal Y, García-Iglesias JJ, Vaca-Acosta RM, Ortega-Moreno M, Gómez-Salgado J. Violence at work and work engagement against nursing professionals in Spain: a cross-sectional study: e202301003. Rev Esp Salud Pública [Internet]. 2023 Jan. 16 [cited 2024 Nov. 24];97:9 páginas. Available from: https://ojs.sanidad.gob.es/index.php/resp/article/view/83

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