• Gordon Lee Gillespie, Bunnany Pekar, Terri L Byczkowski, and Bonnie S Fisher.
• a College of Nursing , University of Cincinnati , Cincinnati , Ohio , USA.
• Arch Environ Occup Health. 2017 Mar 4; 72 (2): 79-86.

AbstractWorkplace violence committed by patients and visitors has high propensity to occur against emergency department employees. This article reports the association of worker, workplace, and community/environmental factors with violence risks. A cross-sectional research design was used with 280 employees from six emergency departments in the Midwest United States. Respondents completed the Survey of Violence Experienced by Staff and a 10-item demographic questionnaire. Data were analyzed using frequencies, percentages, Chi-square tests, and adjusted relative risks with 95% confidence intervals. Over 80% of respondents experienced at least one type of workplace violence with their current employer and approximately 40% experienced all three types. Risks for workplace violence were significantly higher for registered nurses and hospital-based emergency departments. Workplace violence can impact all employees in the emergency department regardless of worker, workplace, and community/environmental factors.

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