ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Occupational Health and Safety
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1603651
This article is part of the Research TopicWorld Mental Health Day: Mental Health in the WorkplaceView all 31 articles
Association between workplace violence and occupational stress among emergency department nurses: a cross-sectional study
Provisionally accepted
Lixi Long1,2,3
Nan Xie1,2,3
Xiaoli Chen1,2,3
Hao Zhang1,2,3Luying Zhong1,2,3
Dongmei Diao1,2,3
Zhu Ling1,2,3Yue Zhou1,2,3*- 1Department of Emergency Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- 2Disaster Medical Center, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- 3Nursing Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
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Background:Emergency department (ED) nurses suffer from workplace violence(WPV) and occupational stress(OS) due to the working environment.However, a relatively small number of studies on the relationship between WPV and OS among ED nurses have been conducted and its impact on nurse health or nursing quality.Methods:A cross-sectional study was conducted in 30 hospitals in China from December 26, 2023, to January 18, 2024 through questionnaire survey and stratified cluster sampling.Results: A total of 1540 ED nurses were surveyed, 1309 of whom had experienced WPV. OS score of these ED nurses was (55. 55 ± 16.78). Correlation between WPV and OS was significant (rs = 0.577, P < 0.01), and multivariate regression analysis revealed that an education level of bachelor's degree or higher; weekly working hours of 41-48 h, 49-58 h, and ≥59 h; physical violence experience; and psychological WPV were key influencing factors of OS among ED nurses.A high proportion of ED nurses had experienced WPV, they had moderate
Keywords: Emergency department nurses, Workplace Violence, Occupational stress, Association, a cross-sectional study
Received: 31 Mar 2025; Accepted: 21 Jul 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Long, Xie, Chen, Zhang, Zhong, Diao, Ling and Zhou. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Yue Zhou, Department of Emergency Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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