Experiences of occupational violence in Australian urban general practice: a cross‐sectional study of GPs

Objective: To establish the prevalence and characteristics of occupational violence in Australian urban general practice, and examine practitioner correlates of violence. Design, setting and participants: Cross‐sectional questionnaire survey mailed to all members (n = 1085) of three urban divisions...

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Published in:Medical journal of Australia 2005-10, Vol.183 (7), p.352-356
Main Authors: Magin, Parker J, Joy, Elyssa, Ireland, Malcolm C, Adams, Jon, Sibbritt, David W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age Distribution
Cross-Sectional Studies
Demographics
Education
Education, Medical, Continuing - statistics & numerical data
Emotional abuse
Family Practice - education
Family Practice - statistics & numerical data
Female
General medicine
Health services administration
Humans
Logistic Models
Male
Middle Aged
Multivariate Analysis
Needs Assessment
New South Wales - epidemiology
Occupational Exposure - statistics & numerical data
Personnel Staffing and Scheduling - statistics & numerical data
Polls & surveys
Prevalence
Property damage
Questionnaires
Regression analysis
Response rates
Sex Distribution
Sexual harassment
Socioeconomic Factors
Threats
Urban Health Services - statistics & numerical data
Violence - statistics & numerical data
Workplace violence
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Summary:Objective: To establish the prevalence and characteristics of occupational violence in Australian urban general practice, and examine practitioner correlates of violence. Design, setting and participants: Cross‐sectional questionnaire survey mailed to all members (n = 1085) of three urban divisions of general practice in New South Wales in August and September 2004. The three divisions were chosen to provide a range of socioeconomic status (SES) demographics. Main outcome measures: Occupational violence towards general practitioners during the previous 12 months. Results: 528 GPs returned questionnaires (49% response rate). Of these, 63.7% had experienced violence in the previous year. The most common forms of violence were “low level” violence — verbal abuse (42.1%), property damage/theft (28.6%) and threats (23.1%). A smaller proportion of GPs had experienced “high level” violence, such as sexual harassment (9.3%) and physical abuse (2.7%). On univariate analysis, violence was significantly more likely towards female GPs (P 
ISSN:0025-729X
1326-5377
DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb07082.x