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Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

Abstract

Background: Hospitals are one of the workplaces where violence occurs frequently. Subdistrict health promoting hospital is the first checkpoint of health services and the closest contact point to local population, but there is no information about workplace in this field. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate prevalence and related factors of workplace violence among healthcare workers. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in subdistrict health promoting hospital in 10th regional health of Thailand, during May to June 2019. A total of 395 samples were assessed by a self-administered questionnaire adapted from the survey questionnaire about workplace violence in health sector jointly proposed by the International Labour Office (ILO), World Health Organization (WHO), International Council of Nurses (ICN) and Public Services International (PSI). The prevalence of workplace violence were presented in term of percentage while the results of its related factors were presented by odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI). Results: The prevalence of workplace violence was 32.2%. Among this, verbal violence was the most common (92.9%), followed by sexual violence (11.1%) and physical violence (6.3%) respectively. Concerning factors related to workplace violence, widows/ divorced/separated marital status was related to lower frequency of the event when compared to those with single status [OR = 0.35 (95% CI = 0.13 - 0.94)]. In contrary, Bachelor's degree of education level was associated with higher frequency of the event when compared to those with lower level of education [OR = 1.98 (95% CI = 1.02 -3.84)]. Conclusion: The prevalence of workplace violence among healthcare workers in subdistrict health promoting hospitals is common. Therefore, relevant measures should be implemented to ameliorate this problem and improve work morale of the local healthcare workforce.

DOI

10.58837/CHULA.CMJ.64.4.8

First Page

409

Last Page

415

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