Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Κλινική Παιδιατρική & Νοσηλευτική - ΈρευναLibrary of the School of Health Sciences
Author:
Stergiou Lamprini
Supervisors info:
Κυρίτση Ελένη, Καθηγήτρια, Νοσηλευτική, ΤΕΙ Αθηνών
Τζουμάκα-Μπακούλα Χρυσάνθη, Καθηγήτρια, Ιατρική, ΕΚΠΑ
Ευαγγέλου Ελένη, Καθηγήτρια, Νοσηλευτική, ΤΕΙ Αθηνών
Original Title:
Διερεύνηση της συχνότητας εμφάνισης ψυχολογικής βίας σε νοσηλευτικό προσωπικό παιδιατρικών νοσοκομείων
Translated title:
Measuring the prevalence of workplace bullying among nursing staff in children's hospitals
Summary:
Background: There is a growing body of literature healthcare workers are victims of psychological violence at the work setting more frequently than other workers. The high incidence of this phenomenon among nursing staff is adding to the belief that nurses are a vulnerable professional group.
Aims: The aim of this study was to assess whether psychological violence exists among nurses in children's hospital and to estimate its frequency.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study that was conducted with a voluntary anonymous questionnaire among registered nurses and nursing assistants at the two largest tertiary children's hospital in Athens, Greece, "Agia Sophia" and "P. & A. Kyriakou" Children's Hospitals. The questionnaire consisted of 45 items and was a Greek translation of Leymann's Inventory of Psychological Terror – LIPT. Statistical analysis was performed with the use of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS, version 22.0) and included t-test and anova. A probability of 0.05 was the limit of statistical significance.
Results: 104 responded to the questionnaire of which 87.5% were female. 65.9% stated that were never the victims of psychological violence. Of the remaining 34.1% that admitted to have been psychologically abused, the majority (51.3%) had been experiencing it for over a month, 22.3% up to 12 months and 7.0% between 6 months and 5 years while a 19.4% reported that they were being abused at the time they responded to the questionnaire. Taking into consideration the definition of workplace bullying, 34,1% of those who responded being bullied provide a negative evaluation of the LIPT scale in total (p<0,001) as well as the subscales considering the affect in freedom of speech and communication (p<0.001), social contacts (p=0.003), professional status and quality of life (p<0.001), personal reputation (p=0.031), and physical health (p=0.004). Persons that admitted being victims of psychological abuse state that this lasted for more than a month and have a negative score for the overall LIPT scale (p<0.001). Freedom of speech is correlated to an immediate superior (p=0.003) and they also score negatively on the overall scoring scale (p=0.046)
Conclusions: One third of the nursing staff at two tertiary children's hospitals in Athens have admitted to being victims of psychological violence at the work environment and this violence is more frequently associated with higher ranking personnel.
Main subject category:
Health Sciences
Keywords:
Workplace bullying, Nurses, LIPT, Prevalence
