Background: In the last decade, research conducted in different countries has shown that bullying in the health care sector especially among nurses is a widespread and serious problem. Bullying of nurses at workplace affects their quality of life, hinders delivery of quality healthcare and contributes to increase in workplace stress. So, this study was conducted to assess the prevalence of work place bullying among nurses working in a tertiary care hospital in Bangalore. Methods: This study was conducted among 300 staff nurses providing in-patient services in a tertiary health care hospital located in Bangalore. The required sample was selected utilizing the documents maintained in the office of Chief of Nursing Services and using computer generated random numbers. The data was collected using self-administered questionnaire which comprised of socio-demographic factors and Negative Acts Questionnaire-Revised. Results: Among the 297 respondents, 26.9% were victims of bullying in the past six months according to Negative Acts Questionnaire-Revised (NAQ-R). Among the participants who were bullied, those exposed to work-related bullying, person-related bullying and physical intimidation were 80%, 60% and 21.3% respectively. Conclusion: This study suggests existence of work place bullying among nurses which can adversely affect their performance as health care professionals and their quality of personal life.

Introduction: The primary caregiver of a child with disability has to undergo a lot of difficulties in taking care of the child. Objective: To assess the quality of life and burden of caregiving of primary caregivers of children with disability registered in a CBR services in rural Karnataka. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was done among 100 children with disability and their primary caregivers. Interview schedule including socio-demography, WHOQOL-BREF, ZBI and WHODAS was used. Results: Mean age of caregivers was 36.38 of which 97% were women and 82% were mothers of children with disability. Mean age of children was 11.43 years, 56% males and most common diagnosis was multiple disabilities (38%). Mean caregiver burden according to Zarit scale was 33.27 and mean burden scores were significantly different between the disability domains of the children. Mean quality of life (QOL) scores for each domain was 49.6 in physical, 60.47 in psychological, 45.67 in social and 58.44 in environmental domains. Marital status of the caregivers was significantly associated with both physical and the social domain of the QOL. Occupation of the caregiver was significantly associated with the environmental domain and the type of disability in the children significantly affected the physical domain of the QOL of the caregivers. Conclusion: Caregiver QOL is overall poor but it was the lowest in the physical domain and higher in psychological domain. Caregiver burden scores were high and depends on the type of disability. Importance should be given to the care of the caregivers.

In the current era where countries are working towards "Health for All" as a part of the Sustainable Developmental Goals, it is high time that due priority is given to the health of healthcare workers (HCWs) too. The HCWs are at risk for numerous occupational hazards ranging from infections, injuries, to stress and burnout. The workers at risk are not just doctors but also nurses, laboratory technicians and other paramedical workers, housekeeping staff, and miscellaneous staff. The busy schedule coupled with bad work hours lead to lesser physical activity, poor diet, and increased risk for many non-communicable diseases. The reluctance to seek medical care and the barriers in utilizing healthcare increases occupations risks accordingly. The way forward is prevention, and it involves health education of HCW, complete health checkups during the employment, and specific occupational health service units along with safety officers and administrative decisions to make the hospital a safe workplace environment. A good system of preventive strategies will help in improving the work-related health and quality of life of HCWs.

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