Work-related factors and violence among nursing staff in the European NEXT study: A longitudinal cohort study
International Journal of Nursing StudiesPublished 24 March 2007
D. Camerino, Madeleine Estryn‐Béhar, Paul Maurice Conway, B.I.J.M. van der Heijden, Hans‐Martin Hasselhorn
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Higher levels of adverse work-related factors were significantly associated with higher frequency of the distinguished types of violence and the necessity of interventions both over working conditions conducive to violence and violent behaviours themselves is suggested.
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These findings suggest the necessity of interventions both over working conditions conducive to violence and violent behaviours themselves.
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