Perceptions and Prevalence of Workplace Violence in Healthcare

Violence Clinical Trial

Official title:

Perceptions and Prevalence of Workplace Violence in Healthcare

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Enrolling by invitation

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05796323
• Other study ID #: 009.NUR.2022.A
• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Start date: March 16, 2022
• Est. completion date: March 16, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: March 2023
• Source: Methodist Health System
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Workplace violence includes physical and verbal aggression as well as threatening behavior. All types of workplace violence incidents in health care are often under-reported, especially if there is no lasting physical injury.

Description:

Research reveals that healthcare workers are three times more likely to experience workplace violence than any other occupation. The first step toward reducing the occurrence of violence is to understand the perceptions and prevalence of workplace violence.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Enrollment: 3000
• Est. completion date: March 16, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: March 16, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 100 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants must be employed full-time, part-time, or per diem

Exclusion Criteria:

• Inability to read English will cause a staff member to be excluded from the study, as the survey is written in English.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Violence

Intervention

Other:
• No intervention.
The subjects will complete a survey related to workplace violance.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Methodist Dallas Medical Center	Dallas	Texas

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Methodist Health System

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Level and type of workplace violence	Research Instruments Survey Questionnaire used to measure physical and psychological characteristics of violence at work	Period of 6 months
Primary	Impact on the individual employee/worker	Self-reported consequences in relation to work (e.g., distress/burnout, transfer/quits, absenteeism, financial situation, career path)	Period of 6 months
Secondary	Research Instruments Survey Questionnaire	Survey Monkey will be used to measured Frequency of reported incidents concerning the different forms of violence at work	Period of 6 months
Secondary	Self-reported impact of violence on quality of care for patients	Impact on the organization (e.g., cost data, lost work days, staff fluctuation, staff shortage)	Period of 6 months