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Organizational response to workplace violence, and its association with depressive symptoms: A nationwide survey of 1966 Korean EMS providers

OBJECTIVES: This study investigated whether organizational responses modified the associations between experiencing violence and depressive symptoms among emergency workers. METHODS: A nationwide survey of 1966 Korean emergency medical service (EMS) providers was analyzed. Experience of workplace vi...

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Autores principales: Kim, Ji‐Hwan, Lee, Nagyeong, Kim, Ja Young, Kim, Soo Jin, Okechukwu, Cassandra, Kim, Seung‐Sup
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6499351/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30698342
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1348-9585.12025
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author Kim, Ji‐Hwan
Lee, Nagyeong
Kim, Ja Young
Kim, Soo Jin
Okechukwu, Cassandra
Kim, Seung‐Sup
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Lee, Nagyeong
Kim, Ja Young
Kim, Soo Jin
Okechukwu, Cassandra
Kim, Seung‐Sup
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description OBJECTIVES: This study investigated whether organizational responses modified the associations between experiencing violence and depressive symptoms among emergency workers. METHODS: A nationwide survey of 1966 Korean emergency medical service (EMS) providers was analyzed. Experience of workplace violence (ie, physical violence, verbal abuse) was classified into four groups based on the victims’ reporting and organizational responses: (i) “Not experienced,” (ii) “Experienced, not reported,” (iii) “Experienced, reported, responded by organization,”and (iv) “Experienced, reported, not responded by organization.” Depressive symptoms were assessed by 11‐item version of the Centers for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. RESULTS: Compared to “Not experienced” group, physical violence was significantly associated with depressive symptoms among EMS providers responding “Experienced, not reported” (PR: 1.67, 95% CI: 1.37, 2.03) and “Experienced, reported, not responded by organization” (PR: 2.58, 95% CI: 1.75, 3.82), after adjusting for confounders. No significant difference was detected for workers responding “Experienced, reported, responded by organization” group (PR: 1.45, 95% CI: 0.87, 2.41). Similar trends were observed in the analysis with verbal abuse. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that organizational responses could play a critical role in mitigating depressive symptoms among EMS providers who experience violence at work.
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spelling pubmed-64993512019-05-07 Organizational response to workplace violence, and its association with depressive symptoms: A nationwide survey of 1966 Korean EMS providers Kim, Ji‐Hwan Lee, Nagyeong Kim, Ja Young Kim, Soo Jin Okechukwu, Cassandra Kim, Seung‐Sup J Occup Health Originals OBJECTIVES: This study investigated whether organizational responses modified the associations between experiencing violence and depressive symptoms among emergency workers. METHODS: A nationwide survey of 1966 Korean emergency medical service (EMS) providers was analyzed. Experience of workplace violence (ie, physical violence, verbal abuse) was classified into four groups based on the victims’ reporting and organizational responses: (i) “Not experienced,” (ii) “Experienced, not reported,” (iii) “Experienced, reported, responded by organization,”and (iv) “Experienced, reported, not responded by organization.” Depressive symptoms were assessed by 11‐item version of the Centers for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. RESULTS: Compared to “Not experienced” group, physical violence was significantly associated with depressive symptoms among EMS providers responding “Experienced, not reported” (PR: 1.67, 95% CI: 1.37, 2.03) and “Experienced, reported, not responded by organization” (PR: 2.58, 95% CI: 1.75, 3.82), after adjusting for confounders. No significant difference was detected for workers responding “Experienced, reported, responded by organization” group (PR: 1.45, 95% CI: 0.87, 2.41). Similar trends were observed in the analysis with verbal abuse. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that organizational responses could play a critical role in mitigating depressive symptoms among EMS providers who experience violence at work. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019-01-21 /pmc/articles/PMC6499351/ /pubmed/30698342 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1348-9585.12025 Text en © 2019 The Authors. Journal of Occupational Health published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of The Japan Society for Occupational Health This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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Organizational response to workplace violence, and its association with depressive symptoms: A nationwide survey of 1966 Korean EMS providers
title Organizational response to workplace violence, and its association with depressive symptoms: A nationwide survey of 1966 Korean EMS providers
title_full Organizational response to workplace violence, and its association with depressive symptoms: A nationwide survey of 1966 Korean EMS providers
title_fullStr Organizational response to workplace violence, and its association with depressive symptoms: A nationwide survey of 1966 Korean EMS providers
title_full_unstemmed Organizational response to workplace violence, and its association with depressive symptoms: A nationwide survey of 1966 Korean EMS providers
title_short Organizational response to workplace violence, and its association with depressive symptoms: A nationwide survey of 1966 Korean EMS providers
title_sort organizational response to workplace violence, and its association with depressive symptoms: a nationwide survey of 1966 korean ems providers
topic Originals
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6499351/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30698342
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1348-9585.12025
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