Nurses' Workplace Violence and Socio-Demographic Data from Enugu State, Nigeria

Nwanneka Chidinma Ghasi published this dataset on figshare in May 2026. It contains survey data from 450 nurses in four public tertiary hospitals in Enugu State, Nigeria, assessing the prevalence and predictors of workplace violence. The data includes socio-demographic and organizational characteristics of the nurses and their experiences of verbal, physical, and sexual violence over a 12-month period.

Use Cases

• Analyze prevalence rates of different types of workplace violence based on the reported percentages for verbal, physical, and sexual violence.
• Identify predictors of physical or sexual violence against nurses based on factors like job role, patient contact, and work unit mentioned in the results.
• Study socio-demographic and organizational correlates of workplace violence exposure among healthcare staff.
• Benchmark violence prevalence data for nurses in Nigerian public hospitals against other regional studies.

Strengths

• Includes data from 450 nurses across four major public hospitals, providing a substantive sample for the study context.
• Reports specific prevalence figures: 92.4% for any violence, 91.1% for verbal violence, 13.3% for physical violence, and 2.0% for sexual violence.
• Data collection used a structured, self-administered questionnaire and proportional stratified random sampling, suggesting a methodological approach.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for certain analytical tasks.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The 9.5 KB file size indicates a very small dataset, likely containing summary statistics rather than individual-level records.

Provenance

Source

Nwanneka Chidinma Ghasi via figshare.

Collection Method

Cross-sectional survey using a self-administered questionnaire and proportional stratified random sampling.

Time Range

Likely covers a 12-month recall period for violence experiences, but exact collection dates are unspecified.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05 22 17:24:51; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Enugu State, Nigeria.