1Red Cross College of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, Seoul
2Nursing Department Graduate School, Inha University, Incheon, Korea
© 2013 Korean Society of Adult Nursing
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| Raw scores | (Strongly disagree) | (Neutral) | (Strongly agree) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -4 | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Transformed scores | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Number of cards | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Item description | Average Z-Score |
|---|---|
| Q20. Active support of the hospital for the prevention of violence is necessary. | 1.42 |
| Q23. Stabilizing angry patient's relatives is not important thing. | -1.09 |
Distribution of Q-sample Cards and Scores
| Raw scores | (Strongly disagree) | (Neutral) | (Strongly agree) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -4 | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Transformed scores | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Number of cards | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
Eigen Value, Factor Weight, and Characteristics of Participants (N=35)
| Type | Eigen value | Participants no. | Factor weight | Age | Mar | Edu | Rel | WP (y) | Pos | Exp of violence | Exp of VE | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I (n=22) | 28.4% | 04 | 2.28 | 36 | Yes | Col | No | 14 | CN | Yes | Yes | No |
| 20 | 2.00 | 31 | No | Uni | Yes | 9 | CN | Yes | No | No | ||
| 09 | 1.78 | 34 | No | Mas | Yes | 12 | CN | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| 19 | 1.66 | 24 | No | Col | No | 2 | N | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 23 | 1.28 | 27 | Yes | Col | Yes | 11 | N | Yes | No | No | ||
| 14 | 1.20 | 26 | Yes | Uni | No | 6 | N | Yes | No | No | ||
| 21 | 1.17 | 29 | No | Uni | No | 8 | N | Yes | No | No | ||
| 16 | 1.16 | 29 | No | Col | Yes | 8 | N | No | Yes | No | ||
| 32 | 1.15 | 24 | No | Col | No | 3 | N | No | No | No | ||
| 34 | 1.14 | 24 | No | Uni | No | 2 | N | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| 07 | 1.09 | 23 | No | Col | No | 2 | N | No | No | No | ||
| 12 | 1.08 | 22 | Yes | Col | Yes | 1 | N | Yes | No | No | ||
| 15 | 1.04 | 31 | No | Col | Yes | 9 | CN | Yes | No | No | ||
| 06 | 1.01 | 26 | No | Col | No | 6 | N | No | No | No | ||
| 02 | 0.95 | 26 | No | Uni | No | 2 | N | Yes | No | No | ||
| 31 | 0.92 | 29 | No | Col | Yes | 8 | N | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| 13 | 0.91 | 24 | Yes | Col | No | 2 | N | Yes | No | No | ||
| 24 | 0.88 | 36 | Yes | Col | No | 14 | N | No | No | No | ||
| 05 | 0.78 | 41 | Yes | Col | No | 17 | UM | Yes | No | No | ||
| 30 | 0.63 | 34 | No | Col | Yes | 12 | N | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 25 | 0.49 | 33 | Yes | Uni | No | 12 | CN | No | No | No | ||
| 26 | 0.34 | 30 | Yes | Col | Yes | 10 | N | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| II (n=6) | 8.0% | 28 | 1.94 | 26 | No | Col | Yes | 4 | N | Yes | No | No |
| 29 | 1.85 | 27 | No | Uni | No | 5 | N | Yes | No | No | ||
| 10 | 0.78 | 26 | No | Uni | No | 3 | N | Yes | No | No | ||
| 22 | 0.48 | 30 | Yes | Col | Yes | 6 | N | No | No | No | ||
| 03 | 0.47 | 34 | Yes | Col | Yes | 4 | N | No | No | No | ||
| 27 | 0.42 | 33 | Yes | Uni | No | 10 | CN | Yes | No | No | ||
| III (n=6) | 6.8% | 33 | 1.35 | 26 | Yes | Col | No | 4 | N | Yes | No | No |
| 17 | 0.84 | 33 | Yes | Uni | Yes | 11 | UM | Yes | No | No | ||
| 18 | 0.82 | 22 | No | Col | No | 1 | N | No | Yes | No | ||
| 11 | 0.58 | 36 | Yes | Uni | Yes | 12 | UM | Yes | No | No | ||
| 08 | 0.44 | 22 | No | Col | No | 1 | N | No | No | No | ||
| 01 | 0.21 | 30 | No | Col | Yes | 10 | N | Yes | No | No | ||
| IV (n=1) | 35 | 0.10 | 24 | No | Col | No | 2 | N | No | No | No |
Mar=marriage; Edu=education; Rel=religion; WP=working period; Pos=position; Exp=experience; VE=violence education; SP=security personnel
Q- Statement and Z-Scores (N=35)
| Q-Statement | Z-Score | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I(n=22) | II (n=6) | III (n=6) | IV (n=1) | |
| Q1. Give pain verbally, physically, mentally. | 1.16 | -0.75 | 1.09 | -0.49 |
| Q2. Make feel embarrassed and humiliated. | 0.05 | -0.62 | 0.77 | 0.49 |
| Q3. Take out their anger on nurses after fighting or arguing with somebody (doctors vs patients or relatives) | -0.68 | -0.03 | 0.36 | -0.49 |
| Q4. Nurses need to be countered boldly to violence, and act out of self-defence. | 0.76 | -0.52 | -1.61 | 0.97 |
| Q5. Delaying nursing activities with the turmoil caused by frequent phone, smoking, drinking is also violence. | 0.42 | -2.02 | 1.33 | -0.49 |
| Q6. Threatening against nurses with making a tough-looking face, shaking fingers at face, taking off jacket, and showing off tattoos. | -0.05 | 1.36 | -0.11 | 0.97 |
| Q7. Words and actions seem to ignore the nurses. | 0.06 | 1.54 | 0.43 | 0.00 |
| Q8. Aggressive words and behaviour of a unconscious patient are not violence. | -0.22 | -1.57 | -0.06 | 0.97 |
| Q9. Being insulted, and disgraced in front of others (doctors, patients, patient's relatives, colleagues, etc.) | 0.28 | -0.38 | 0.20 | 0.00 |
| Q10. Sexual jokes or actions of doctors, patients, and relatives towards nurses are also violence. | 0.04 | 0.08 | -1.34 | 0.00 |
| Q11. Violence is a selfish behavior affecting interpersonal relationships. | -0.35 | 0.56 | -1.14 | 0.00 |
| Q12. Violence from patients tends to overlook nicely. or acquiesce by reason of the weaker. | 0.30 | -0.13 | -0.09 | 0.49 |
| Q13. Can not continue nurse job being abused. | 0.88 | 0.49 | -1.90 | 0.00 |
| Q14. Think continually about being abused, so can not concentrate on work, the counseling is required. | -0.13 | 0.37 | -0.75 | 0.97 |
| Q15. Nurses are also weak women, bullying weak women can not justified, and should be punished as social evil. | 1.22 | 1.70 | -0.52 | 1.94 |
| Q16. Nurse who is being abused can be attacker of violence. | -0.23 | 0.68 | -0.35 | 0.97 |
| Q17. Decline job efficiency of nurses and deteriorate self-esteem. | 1.33 | 0.30 | 0.60 | 0.00 |
| Q18. Nurses face a lot of exposure to violence than other employees in the hospital. | 1.19 | 0.14 | 1.67 | 0.00 |
| Q19. Three-shifts work environment and unfair duty roster itself are violence. | 0.12 | -1.00 | -0.42 | -0.97 |
| Q20. Active support of the hospital for the prevention of violence is necessary. | 1.49 | 1.35 | 1.39 | 1.46 |
| Q21. Verbal abuse of unit managers, senior nurses, and doctors is more serious. | -0.83 | 0.53 | -0.55 | -0.97 |
| Q22. Violence in the hospital is anyone experiences once, so can not be prevented. | -2.28 | -1.82 | 0.37 | 1.46 |
| Q23. Stabilizing angry patient's relatives is not important thing. | -0.96 | -1.13 | -1.29 | -0.97 |
| Q24. When violence occurs, report first, and than submit an accident report. | 0.56 | 0.82 | -0.50 | 1.46 |
| Q25. When violence occurs, it is the safe way to leave the place first, and call security guards. | 0.31 | -0.38 | 1.12 | 0.00 |
| Q26. Be absolutely furious at being abused, but tolerate or suppress that situation. | -1.50 | -1.34 | 0.96 | -1.94 |
| Q27. Nurses have to understand and be nice unconditionally even if patients use violence. | -1.84 | -1.99 | -0.44 | 1.94 |
| Q28. Colleague's support is the biggest help when violence occurs. | -0.02 | 0.90 | -0.74 | -1.46 |
| Q29. Patients who use violence must be compulsorily discharged. | 1.69 | -0.80 | -0.40 | -1.94 |
| Q30. An unconditional apology without any further action is unjust whenever incidents of violence explode. | 0.88 | 0.82 | -0.29 | -0.49 |
| Q31. Violence attackers cannot be punished like a criminal penalty because of hospital image. | -2.03 | -1.33 | 0.42 | -1.46 |
| Q32. Regret that I am a nurse whenever experience violence. | -0.23 | 0.67 | -0.42 | -1.46 |
| Q33. Have no desire to do patient care actively. | -0.37 | 0.20 | -0.58 | 0.49 |
| Q34. Determine the cause of the violence, and must find ways to solve the problem. | 0.32 | 0.95 | 2.23 | -0.97 |
| Q35. Be afraid of going to work, so want to move into another workplace. | -0.58 | -0.05 | 0.21 | 0.49 |
| Q36. Patient who used violence should not be hospitalized concerned about retaliation against employees. | 1.04 | 0.05 | 0.34 | -0.97 |
| Q37. Institutional strategy that protects nurses from violence is necessary. | 1.76 | 0.88 | 1.92 | 0.49 |
| Q38. Feel so sad and teary, so keep drinking with colleague nurse after working, and lament my misfortune. | -1.24 | 0.37 | 0.84 | -0.49 |
| Q39. Pray to God and depend on religion. | -1.47 | -0.64 | -2.11 | 0.49 |
| Q40. Can not work because of developed sleep disturbance, headache, palpitation, anorexia, stomach pain, diarrhea, and dyspnea. | -0.66 | 1.69 | -0.64 | -0.49 |
Consensus and Average Z-Scores
| Item description | Average Z-Score |
|---|---|
| Q20. Active support of the hospital for the prevention of violence is necessary. | 1.42 |
| Q23. Stabilizing angry patient's relatives is not important thing. | -1.09 |
Mar=marriage; Edu=education; Rel=religion; WP=working period; Pos=position; Exp=experience; VE=violence education; SP=security personnel