Workplace Violence Against Nurses and Its Association With Mental Health and Turnover Intention: A National Cross‐Sectional Study

作者：Jiaqing He, Jiaxin Yang, Jianghao Yuan, Qiang Yu, Elihuruma Eliufoo Stephano, W. Zhang, Yamin Li, Yusheng Tian · 发表于：Journal of Nursing Management · 年份：2026 · DOI：10.1155/jonm/2818047 · 被引用次数：7 · 研究领域：Workplace Violence and Bullying、Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout、Nursing education and management

Hospital workplace violence is a significant global public health concern, impacting nurses’ mental well‐being and their likelihood of leaving their jobs. Previous research explored the associations between workplace violence, mental health, and turnover intention among nurses, which yielded inconsistent results due to smaller sample sizes, thus highlighting the need for a more comprehensive investigation with a large sample of a representative population. This study, drawing on a large dataset of 116,345 nurses from 67 tertiary hospitals across 31 provinces in China, aimed to assess the relationship between workplace violence and nurses’ mental health and turnover intentions between October and December 2023. Data were analyzed using multilevel regression models. The study assessed the varying levels of workplace violence (low, moderate, and high), mental health outcomes, and turnover intention. The study found that a substantial number of nurses, 30,987 (26.6%), experienced workplace violence in the year prior to the survey, with varying levels of severity. Specifically, 27,225 (23.4%) encountered low‐level violence, 3519 (3%) moderate violence, and 243 (0.2%) high‐level violence. After controlling for sociodemographic and work‐related variables, workplace violence was significantly associated with depressive symptoms ( p < 0.001), stress ( p < 0.001), anxiety symptoms ( p < 0.001), burnout ( p < 0.001), and turnover intention ( p < 0.001). These findings und...