National Survey of Workplace Violence

• Conditions: Workplace Violence Against Physicians; National Survey; Obstetrics and Gynecology; China; Random Sample; Questionnaire
• Interventions: Other: Questionnaire survey

• Registration Number: NCT04492085
• Lead Sponsor: Lei Li

Brief Summary

China has witnessed a surge in violence against medical personnel, including widely reported incidents of violent abuse, riots, attacks, and protests in hospitals, but little is known about the definite prevalence of workplace violence against physicians of obstetrics and gynecology in China. The aim of this study is to analyze prevalence of workplace violence against physicians of obstetrics and gynecology in China. A customized questionnaire will be delivered by the social software WeChat to the specific hospital which has been randomly sampled, and all physicians of Obstetrics and Gynecology in this hospital will fill the questionnaire anonymously.

A random sampling will be performed in all 32 provinces, municipality or autonomous regions in the mainland of China. It is assumed that acceptable 95% confidence interval is P±4%, and the sample size under the condition of simple random sampling is 600 persons. If the homogeneity is set as 0.15 or 0.2, and each population (unit) has 10 or 15 persons accepting survey, we will achieve a design effect of 2.35 to 3.80. If we choose the design effect of 3, the sample size of every level needs is 1800. Considering 10% population refusing to be surveyed, in all mainland of China, three levels of hospitals will include at least 6000 physicians who accept survey.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2020-07
• Study Start: 2020-07-27
• Study First Submitted: 2020-07-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-07-27
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-07-27
• Study First Posted: 2020-07-30
• Last Update Posted: 2020-07-30
• Primary Completion: 2020-09-27
• Study Completion: 2020-09-27

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 6000

Inclusion Criteria

• Aged 18 years old
• Belonging to and registered at specific hospital
• Active employment in obstetrics, reproduction, or gynecology
• Signed an approved informed consents

Exclusion Criteria

• Not meeting all the inclusion criteria
• Not completing the whole questionnaire

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Tertiary hospital	Questionnaire survey	-
Primary hospital or clinics	Questionnaire survey	-
Secondary hospital	Questionnaire survey	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Prevalence of workplace violence in all physicians	In past 12 months	Percentage of verbal abuse, physical assault and sexual assaults

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Potential reasons of workplace violence in all physicians	Two months	Percentage of different choices of potential reasons in a customized questionnaire
Potential solution of workplace violence in all physicians	Two months	Percentage of different choices of potential solution in a customized questionnaire

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Lei Li; 🇨🇳 Beijing, Beijing, China