- Title
- Occupational violence in general practice: a whole-of-practice problem. Results of a cross-sectional study
- Creator
- Magin, Parker J.; May, Jenny; McElduff, Patrick; Goode, Susan M.; Adams, Jon; Cotter, Georgina L.
- Relation
- Australian Health Review Vol. 35, Issue 1, p. 75-80
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH10874
- Publisher
- CSIRO Publishing
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2011
- Description
- Objective: To examine the experiences of occupational violence in general practitioner (GP) and non-GP staff. Further objectives were to compare prevalence of violence in GP and non-GP staff and to examine levels of apprehension and perceptions of control over violence. Design: Cross-sectional questionnaire-based study. Setting: A network of research general practices, New South Wales, Australia. Participants: GPs and non-GP staff – receptionist, practice-management, nursing and allied health staff. Main outcome measure(s): Experience of occupational violence during the previous 12 months. Other outcomes examined were workplace apprehension regarding violence, perception of occupational violence as a problem in general practice, and perception of control over violence in the workplace. Results: A total of 125 questionnaire replies were received (response rate 55%), 59.3% of GPs and 74.6% of non-GPs had experienced work-related violence during the previous 12 months. The difference was not significant (OR 0.65, 95% CI 0.20–2.06). Subjects in rural practices were more likely than those in urban practices to have experienced violence (OR 3.79, 95% CI 1.15–12.5). Personal experience of violence (OR 35.9, 95% CI 6.24–207) and a perception that violence is increasing (OR 8.33, 95% CI 1.89–36.6) were associated with apprehension regarding violence at work.
- Subject
- occupational violence; general practice; perception of occupational violence; perception of control over violence in the workplace
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1325367
- Identifier
- uon:25251
- Identifier
- ISSN:0156-5788
- Language
- eng
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