National report on aggressions to physicians in Spain 2010–2015: violence in the workplace—ecological study

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“…In our research, as well as in other similar studies, most participants were women with the percentage of 87%, except in the research on this topic conducted among employees of family medicine departments in Canada where the percentage of female participants was 56.5% and in Spain where it stood at 49.2% (18, 19, 20). In the study carried out in 2012 by Bernaldo-De-Quiruos at al, majority of the subjects in the sample (64.6%) were male, with mean age 45 (21).…”

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Frequency and Forms of Workplace Violence in Primary Health Care

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Introduction: Violence at work has become an alarming problem worldwide. The real size of the problem is unknown because of underreporting. The aim of the survey was to estimate the prevalence of workplace violence (WPV) among primary health care professionals in the Public Institution Health Center of Sarajevo Canton (HCSC), Bosnia and Herzegovina, and determine possible association with demographic and work-related characteristics of participants. Aim: The aim of the survey was to estimate the prevalence of workplace violence (WPV) among Primary health care professionals in the Public Institution Health Center of Sarajevo Canton (HCSC), Bosnia and Herzegovina, and determine possible association with demographic and work-related characteristics of participants. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted between March and May 2017. The sample consisted of medical professionals employed at HCSC. The data were collected by a questionnaire with 42 questions divided into 7 blocks of topic. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the sample. Binary logistic regression analysis was used to test the association between the occurrence of violence and independent variables (gender, age, years of work experience and office setting). Results: A total of 558 out of 983 health professionals employed in Primary health care were involved in this survey. The overall prevalence of WPV was 90.3%, with 498 (89.2%) exposed to verbal violence and 417 (74.7%) exposed to indirect physical violence. Binary logistic regression analysis indicated that the following demographic and work-related characteristics were positively significantly associated with WPV: women were associated with verbal violence [Odd ratio (OR) 1.91, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.06, 1.47] and stalking [OR= 2.06, 95% CI (1.04, 4.08)]. Office setting (urban) was significantly positively associated with indirect physical violence [OR= 1.59, 95% CI (1.03, 2.47)]. Conclusion: Almost all health professionals in Sarajevo primary health care were subjected to different types of WPV. There is a need for intervention to provide safer workplace environment. Professional, administrative, legal support and protection of health professionals by the health authorities and institution management is urgently required.

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Frequency and Forms of Workplace Violence in Primary Health Care

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“…The workplace violence was defined by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) as "the act or threat of violence, ranging from verbal abuse to physical assault directed toward persons at work or on duty." [26]. There are two types of violence: physical, which involves the use of or the threat of the use of physical force against individuals and includes beatings, kicks, slaps, stabbings, shootings, shoves, and bites; and psychological violence, which includes verbal abuse, rude behaviour, disrespect, an attitude of abuse, intimidation, bullying, harassment, and biting [2].…”

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Determinants of aggression against all health care workers in a large-sized university hospital

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Background: The paper aims to describe the 3-year incidence (2015/17) of aggressive acts against all healthcare workers to identify risk factors associated to violence among a variety of demographic and professional determinants of assaulted, and risk factors related to the circumstances surrounding these events.Methods: A retrospective observational study of all 10,970 health workers in a large-sized Italian university hospital was performed. The data, obtained from the "Aggression Reporting Form", which must be completed by assaulted workers within 72 h of aggression, were collected for the following domains: worker assaulted (sex, age class, years worked); profession (nurses, medical doctors, non-medical support staff, administrative staff, midwives); aggressive acts (activity type during aggressive acts, season, time and location of aggressive acts); and type of aggressive acts (verbal, non-verbal, consequences, aggressors).Results: Three hundred sixty-four (3.3%) workers experienced almost one aggression. The majority of the assaulted workers were female (77.5%), had worked for 6/15 years and were Nurses (64.3%). The majority of aggressive acts occurred during assistance and patient care (38.2%), in the spring and during the afternoon/morning shifts and took place in locations where patients were present (47.3%). The most prevalent aggression type was verbal (76.9%). The patient was the most common aggressor (46.7%). 56% of those assaulted experienced interruptions in their work. Being female, being < 50 years of age, having worked for 6-15 years were significant risk factors for aggression. Midwives suffered the highest risk of experiencing aggression (RR = 12.95). The risk analysis showed that non-verbally aggressive acts were related to assistance and patient care with respect to activity type, to the presence of patients and during the spring and afternoon/evening. Conclusions: The findings suggest the parallel use of future qualitative studies to clarify the motivation behind aggression. These suggestions are needed for the implementation of additional adequate prevention strategies on either an organizational or a personal level.

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“…El ejercicio de la medicina de familia plantea a los profesionales, en numerosas ocasiones, problemas o dudas que para su resolución precisan apoyo jurídico. Lo que más repercusión mediática tiene son las agresiones 1 , 2 , aunque existen otros temas muy numerosos que también precisan de consulta letrada. Desde el sindicato médico Confederación Estatal de Sindicatos Médicos (CESM) de Murcia se pone a disposición de los afiliados una consulta médico-jurídica que puede ser de gran ayuda para los profesionales de atención primaria, y que cuenta con la particularidad de que es ajena a la gerencia o centro de salud en que trabaja el profesional.…”

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