Analysis of correlation between workplace psychological violence and the professional quality of life in midwives

Abstract

Objective To investigate the status of workplace psychological violence among midwives and to explore the relationship between workplace psychological violence and the professional quality of life of midwives. Methods A total of 102 midwives were selected by cluster sampling method from 9 hospitals of Chenzhou in Hu′nan Province from July to October 2014. The investigation tools included psychological violence scale and workplace psychological violence situation and professional quality of life scale (ProQOL-V). Results The rate of workplace psychological violence in the midwives was 55.6%. As the victims of psychological violence frequency were different, the scores of ProQOL-V dimensions were significantly different, the more times the psychological violence happened, the worse professional quality midwives had(P<0.05). The score of compassion satisfaction was negatively correlated with workplace psychological violence occurrence (r=0.719, P<0.01). While the scores of burnout and secondary trauma were significantly positively correlated with workplace psychological violence occurrence (r=0.852, 0.857; P<0.01). Conclusions At present, the workplace psychological violence status is not optimistic for midwives suffering in hospital, so to reduce or control workplace psychological violence are significant countermeasures to improve midwives quality of life. Key words: Midwife; Psychological violence; Professional quality of life; Investigation