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Profiles of lateral violence in nursing personnel of the Spanish public health system

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  • David Pina
  • Maria Vidal-Alves
  • Esteban Puente-López
  • Aurelio Luna-Maldonado
  • Aurelio Luna Ruiz-Cabello
  • Teresa Magalhães
  • Bartolomé Llor-Esteban
  • José Antonio Ruiz-Hernández
  • Begoña Martínez-Jarreta

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Background: Workplace violence in healthcare settings has long been studied in scientific literature, particularly in the nursing profession. Research has explored mostly user violence probably for its high prevalence and impact on health and job satisfaction. Yet this focus may overshadow another dangerous type of workplace violence: coworker violence. Exerted by co-workers with similar status, lateral violence differs from that yielded by a co-worker with a higher rank, known as vertical. This study aims to deepen the knowledge about lateral violence perceived by nurses and its interaction with other variables commonly associated with workplace violence in healthcare: burnout, job satisfaction, and self-perceived health. Method: A random block sampling was performed, prompting a total sample of 925 nursing professionals from 13 public hospitals located in the southeast of Spain. The sample distribution (mean and standard deviation) and the response percentages according to the study variables of the ad-hoc questionnaire were analyzed and classified with cluster analysis. Results: Through the cluster analysis, two subgroups were obtained: Cluster 1, composed of 779 participants, with low scores in the variables used for the classification, high levels of both extrinsic and intrinsic satisfaction, low levels of emotional exhaustion and cynicism, and low rates of somatization, anxiety, social dysfunction and depression; and Cluster 2, composed of 115 participants and characterized by moderate-high scores in the variables used for the classification, moderate extrinsic satisfaction, and low intrinsic satisfaction, high emotional exhaustion and cynicism and lower somatization, anxiety, social dysfunction, and depression scores. Excluded cases amounted to 31. Conclusion: Nursing professionals who experience lateral violence reveal a lower intrinsic satisfaction, feeling less self-accomplished in their job, and less positive work experience. Emotional exhaustion rises as a concerning progressive and long-term outcome of experiencing this type of violence.

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  • David Pina & Maria Vidal-Alves & Esteban Puente-López & Aurelio Luna-Maldonado & Aurelio Luna Ruiz-Cabello & Teresa Magalhães & Bartolomé Llor-Esteban & José Antonio Ruiz-Hernández & Begoña Martínez-J, 2022. "Profiles of lateral violence in nursing personnel of the Spanish public health system," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 17(5), pages 1-14, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0268636
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268636
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