Impact of External Workplace Violence on the Occupational Well-being of Healthcare Workers
Impact of External Occupational Violence on Healthcare Professionals and Organizations: a Multicenter Cross-sectional Study
The goal of this observational study is to learn whether external workplace violence (violence by patients, relatives, or companions) is associated with poorer occupational well-being in healthcare workers aged 18 years or older who have regular face-to-face contact with patients or their families. The main questions it aims to answer are:
- Do healthcare workers who have experienced external workplace violence in the past 12 months report more negative effects of work (somatization, exhaustion, and alienation) than those who have not?
- How common is external workplace violence, what types occur (physical, verbal, symbolic, digital, or economic), and how intense are they?
- Is external workplace violence associated with working conditions and organizational practices? Researchers will compare healthcare workers who have experienced external workplace violence with those who have not to see if their occupational well-being scores differ.
Participants will complete a single anonymous online survey about their experience of workplace violence, their occupational well-being, their working conditions, and the measures they consider most effective to reduce violence.
Studie Overzicht
Toestand
Conditie
Gedetailleerde beschrijving
This multicenter cross-sectional study will be conducted in seven healthcare organizations with different profiles. Participants will be randomly selected from the staff census of each center, stratified by area or department, and invited to complete an anonymous online survey hosted on the REDCap platform of the sponsor. The survey includes the collateral effects dimension of the General Occupational Well-being Questionnaire (cBLG; somatization, exhaustion, and alienation scales; total score 13-91), 22 items of the Working Conditions Questionnaire (cCT; score 0-220), 6 ad hoc items on organizational practices (score 0-60), self-reported workplace violence in the past 12 months by type and intensity, and sociodemographic and occupational variables.
The primary analysis will compare mean collateral effects scores between workers with and without external workplace violence using Student's t test, followed by multivariable analyses adjusted for sex, age group, professional category, care setting, work shift, type of contract, and seniority. Subgroup analyses by sex, professional category, and center, and a dose-response analysis by violence intensity, are planned.
Studietype
Inschrijving (Geschat)
Contacten en locaties
Studiecontact
- Naam: Noemí Casaponsa
- Telefoonnummer: 43197 0034938960025
- E-mail: recerca@csapg.cat
Studie Locaties
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Barcelona
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Barcelona, Barcelona, Spanje
- Werving
- Hospital Clinic
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Contact:
- Noemí Casaponsa
- Telefoonnummer: 43197 0034938960025
- E-mail: recerca@csapg.cat
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Hoofdonderzoeker:
- Marta Hage
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Barcelona, Barcelona, Spanje
- Werving
- Sistema d'Emergències Mèdiques de Catalunya
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Contact:
- Noemí Casaponsa
- Telefoonnummer: 43197 0034938960025
- E-mail: recerca@csapg.cat
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Hoofdonderzoeker:
- Mireia Campos
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Calella, Barcelona, Spanje
- Werving
- Corporació de Salut del Maresme i la Selva
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Contact:
- Noemí Casaponsa
- Telefoonnummer: 43197 0034938960025
- E-mail: recerca@csapg.cat
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Hoofdonderzoeker:
- Sergio Bujaldón
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Terrassa, Barcelona, Spanje
- Werving
- Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa
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Contact:
- Noemí Casaponsa
- Telefoonnummer: 43197 0034938960025
- E-mail: recerca@csapg.cat
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Hoofdonderzoeker:
- Clara Romero
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Vilafranca del Penedès, Barcelona, Spanje
- Werving
- Consorci Sanitari de l'Alt Penedès i Garraf
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Contact:
- Noemí Casaponsa
- Telefoonnummer: 0034938960025
- E-mail: recerca@csapg.cat
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Hoofdonderzoeker:
- Genís Cervantes
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Vilafranca del Penedès, Barcelona, Spanje
- Werving
- Institut Català de Salut Àrea Penedès
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Contact:
- Noemí Casaponsa
- Telefoonnummer: 43197 0034938960025
- E-mail: recerca@csapg.cat
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Hoofdonderzoeker:
- Alberto Domínguez
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Girona
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Girona, Girona, Spanje
- Nog niet aan het werven
- Institut d'Assistència Sanitària
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Contact:
- Noemí Casaponsa
- Telefoonnummer: 43197 0034938960025
- E-mail: recerca@csapg.cat
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Hoofdonderzoeker:
- María Cruz Rodríguez
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Deelname Criteria
Geschiktheidscriteria
Leeftijden die in aanmerking komen voor studie
Accepteert gezonde vrijwilligers
Geslachten die in aanmerking komen voor studie
Bemonsteringsmethode
Studie Bevolking
Active healthcare workers of the participating centers whose work involves direct and regular contact with external users (patients, relatives, or companions), including clinical, technical, auxiliary, and administrative or front-desk staff
Beschrijving
Inclusion Criteria:
- Aged 18 years or older
- At least 12 months of employment at the study center
- Active healthcare worker whose work involves direct and regular contact with external users (patients, relatives, or companions), defined as at least one face-to-face interaction on 2 or more days in a typical working week
Exclusion Criteria:
- Refusal to participate in the study
Studie plan
Hoe is de studie opgezet?
Ontwerpdetails
- Observatiemodellen: OTHER
- Tijdsperspectieven: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Cohorten en interventies
Groep / Cohort |
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Healthcare workers with external workplace violence
Workers who self-report at least one episode of external workplace violence (physical, verbal, symbolic, digital, or economic) in the past 12 months |
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Healthcare workers without external workplace violence
Workers who report no episodes of external workplace violence in the past 12 months |
Wat meet het onderzoek?
Primaire uitkomstmaten
Uitkomstmaat |
Maatregel Beschrijving |
Tijdsspanne |
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Collateral effects of work (occupational well-being)
Tijdsspanne: At survey completion (single time point)
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Sum of the somatization (5 items), exhaustion (4 items), and alienation (4 items) scales of the collateral effects dimension of the General Occupational Well-being Questionnaire (cBLG; Blanch et al.). Total score range: 13 to 91; higher scores indicate greater deterioration of occupational well-being. |
At survey completion (single time point)
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Medewerkers en onderzoekers
Studie record data
Bestudeer belangrijke data
Studie start (Werkelijk)
Primaire voltooiing (Geschat)
Studie voltooiing (Geschat)
Studieregistratiedata
Eerst ingediend
Eerst ingediend dat voldeed aan de QC-criteria
Eerst geplaatst (Werkelijk)
Updates van studierecords
Laatste update geplaatst (Werkelijk)
Laatste update ingediend die voldeed aan QC-criteria
Laatst geverifieerd
Meer informatie
Termen gerelateerd aan deze studie
Aanvullende relevante MeSH-voorwaarden
Andere studie-ID-nummers
- CSAPG-81
Plan Individuele Deelnemersgegevens (IPD)
Bent u van plan om gegevens van individuele deelnemers (IPD) te delen?
Beschrijving IPD-plan
IPD (without personal identification data) could be shared by requirement from other researchers after the end of the study, and only for research purposes and previous approval of promotor center of the study (CSAPG). Anyway, Spanish and European Union legal policy about data protection will strictly be followed (IPD will not be transferred outside European Union).
IPD-tijdsbestek voor delen
After publication of main results of the study
IPD-toegangscriteria voor delen
IPD will be shared only for scientific research purposes and following the Spanish and European Union normative law about data protection. The requirements will be directed to the IP of the study. The IP will evaluate the request to verify and evaluate the data that is requested and the purposes for which it is requested. Next, the IP will transfer the request to the promotor center the study for the final decision.
IPD delen Ondersteunend informatietype
- LEERPROTOCOOL
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