# Violence suffered by nurses in risk classification and suspicion of common mental disorders

## TL;DR

The study finds that nurses experiencing violence in their work environment show signs of mental health issues like anxiety and depression.

## Contribution

This study links workplace violence in emergency nursing to mental health symptoms using a cross-sectional design.

## Key findings

- Nurses exposed to threats showed statistically significant mental health concerns (p = 0.031).
- 75% of nurses reported feeling nervous, tense, or worried, indicating anxious or depressive symptoms.
- Workplace violence correlates with mental health issues tied to environmental stress and feelings of abandonment.

## Abstract

To analyze the association between violence suffered by nurses in the reception service with risk classification and the suspicion of common mental disorders.

Cross-sectional study, conducted in the city of Rio de Janeiro, with 56 nurses in the reception service with risk classification in the emergency and urgency network. The Questionnaire for Assessment of Violence at Work and the Self-Report Questionnaire were used. The Wilcoxon, chi-square, and Fisher’s exact tests were used for analysis.

The threat variable had a statistically significant difference (p = 0.031). Among the grouped symptoms, the predominant complaint of factor 1 (depressed/anxious mood) in the question “feeling nervous, tense, or worried” had 42 (75%) positive answers.

The violence in the reception service suffered by nurses reflects in the suspicion of mental disorders, mainly related to the environment, abandonment, and depressive symptoms.

Analisar a associação entre a violência sofrida por enfermeiros do serviço de acolhimento com classificação de risco e a suspeição dos transtornos mentais comuns.

Estudo transversal, realizado no Município do Rio de Janeiro, com 56 enfermeiros do acolhimento com classificação de risco da rede de urgência e emergência. Utilizaram-se o Questionário para Avaliação da Violência no Trabalho e o Self-Report Questionaire. Foram empregados os testes de Wilcoxon, qui-quadrado, Exato de Fisher para análise.

A variável ameaça teve diferença estatística significativa (p= 0.031). Entre os sintomas agrupados, a queixa predominante do fator 1 (humor depressivo/ansioso) na questão “sente-se nervoso, tenso ou preocupado” teve 42 (75%) respostas positivas.

A violência no acolhimento sofrida por enfermeiros reflete na suspeição de transtornos mentais, principalmente relacionada ao ambiente, abandono e sintomas depressivos.