Status quo and influencing factors of organizational silence among nurses in general hospitals

ObjectiveTo understand the status quo of organizational silence among nurses in general hospitals,and to analyze the sociodemographic characteristics that affect organizational silence,so as to provide ideas for improving the phenomenon of organizational silence among hospital nurses.MethodsA stratified random sampling method was adopted to select 1 828 nurses from secondary and tertiary general hospitals in Sichuan province as the research subjects.The investigation was conducted using the general information questionnaire and the Nurses' Organizational Silence Questionnaire.ResultsThe total score of nurses' organizational silence was 47.59±15.13.The item average score of negative silence was 2.57±0.83.The item average score of prosocial silence was 2.54±0.98.The item average score of defensive silence was 2.39±0.95.The item average score of indifferent silence was 1.91±0.77.There was statistically significant difference in the total score of organizational silence among nurses in different working years groups(P