Relationship of workplace incivility with psychological responses and medical errors: a cohort study

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25893208
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Hygiene and public health
• Research Institution: Wakayama Medical University
• Principal Investigator: TSUNO Kanami 和歌山県立医科大学, 医学部, 助教 (30713309)
• Research Collaborator: INOUE Akiomi 産業医科大学, 医学部, 助教 ; ANDO Emiko 東京大学, 大学院医学系研究科
• Project Period (FY): 2013-08-30 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 労働衛生 / メンタルヘルス / ストレス / 医療安全 / 離職意思 / 産業保健

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We conducted a one-year prospective study for workers in social healthcare sector to identify the association of workplace incivility with psychological responses and medical errors. The number of Medical errors was included incident/accident reports during the previous one year. Results in this study showed that workplace incivility had a significant positive association with psychological distress and intention to leave, while did not have positive association with medical errors. The results indicate that especially supervisor and coworker incivility and psychological distress worsen their intention to leave.

Free Research Field

産業精神保健