Annali di igiene : medicina preventiva e di comunità
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The risk assessment of workplace violence in emergency departments represents a global challenge for both healthcare organizations and workers. Recent studies have revealed increased rates of workplace violence towards physicians and nurses employed in emergency departments and have shown that type II is the most common typology of workplace violence among the four types of workplace violence defined by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. The present study aimed to develop a methodological technique for a preliminary assessment of type II workplace violence risk in emergency departments. ⋯ The proposed questionnaire proved to be a valid, structured, and reliable tool for assessing the risk of workplace violence in the targeted emergency departments and allowed for the identification of improvement actions targeted at specific critical issues which could be minimized through strategic interventions.