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Associations between Australian clinical medical practitioner exposure to workplace aggression and workforce participation intentions.
- Source :
- Australian Health Review; 2016, Vol. 40 Issue 1, p36-42, 7p
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Objective. The aim of the present study was to determine the association between clinician exposure to workplace aggression from any source in the previous 12 months and workforce participation intentions. Methods. A cross-sectional survey, in the third wave of the Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment and Life (MABEL) study, was conducted between March 2010 and June 2011. Respondents were a representative sample of 9449 Australian general practitioners (GPs) and GP registrars (n = 3515), specialists (n = 3875), hospital non-specialists (n = 1171) and specialists in training (n = 888). Associations between aggression exposure and workforce participation intentions were determined using logistic regression modelling. Results. In adjusted models, aggression exposure was positively associated with a greater likelihood of intending to reduce clinical workload in the next 5 years (odds ratio (OR) = 1.15, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.02-1.29) and intending to leave patient care within 5 years (OR = 1.20, 95% CI 1.07-1.35). When also accounting for well being factors, aggression exposure remained positively associated with intending to leave patient care within 5 years (OR = 1.13, 95% CI 1.00-1.27). Conclusions. Exposure to workplace aggression presents a risk to the retention of medical practitioners in clinical practice and a potential risk to community access to quality medical care. More concerted efforts in preventing and minimising workplace aggression in clinical medical practice are required. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- VOCATIONAL guidance
WORK environment
AGGRESSION (Psychology)
CONFIDENCE intervals
HEALTH services accessibility
INTENTION
JOB satisfaction
MEDICAL quality control
MEDICAL personnel
MEDICAL specialties & specialists
PHYSICIANS
GENERAL practitioners
PROBABILITY theory
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH funding
T-test (Statistics)
EMPLOYEES' workload
EMPLOYEE retention
LOGISTIC regression analysis
CROSS-sectional method
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
ODDS ratio
KRUSKAL-Wallis Test
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01565788
- Volume :
- 40
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Australian Health Review
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 112711998
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1071/AH14246