Iceberg of workplace violence in health sector of Bangladesh

Hasan, Imran; Hassan, Zakiul; Bulbul, Mofijul Islam; Joarder, Taufique; Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer

doi:10.1186/s13104-018-3795-6

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“…Few studies had emphasized the disparity between urban and rural areas [74]. Patients with a severe condition and high demand were prone to seek help directly in a tertiary hospital located in urban areas [92]. Thus, health care professionals were faced with more stressful working environment in urban areas, which increased the risk of workplace violence [13].…”

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Prevalence of Workplace Physical Violence against Health Care Professionals by Patients and Visitors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Qiu

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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Workplace physical violence against health care professionals perpetrated by patients and visitors has been a persistent problem worldwide. Prevalence estimates varied vastly across studies and there was a lack of quantitative syntheses of prevalence studies. This review aimed to quantify pooled one-year prevalence estimates at the global and regional levels. A systematic literature search was performed in the databases of PubMed, PsycINFO, Web of Science, and Embase between 1 January 2000 and 8 October 2018. Studies providing information about one-year prevalence of self-reported workplace physical violence against health care professionals perpetrated by patients or visitors were included. Heterogeneity between studies was evaluated using Cochran’s chi-squared test (Cochran’s Q) and I2 values. Subgroup analysis and meta-regression were used to explore heterogeneity. A total of 65 eligible studies reported one-year prevalence estimates for 61,800 health care professionals from 30 countries. The pooled one-year prevalence of workplace physical violence against health care professionals perpetrated by patients or visitors was 19.33% (95% confidence interval (CI): 16.49–22.53%) and the overall heterogeneity was high across studies. We noted geographic and staff categories variations for prevalence estimates through subgroup analysis. The meta-regression showed that sample size, type of health care setting, and quality score were significant moderators for heterogeneity. One in five health care professionals experienced workplace physical violence perpetrated by patients or visitors worldwide annually. Practical intervention was needed to ensure safety of health care professionals.

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Prevalence of Workplace Physical Violence against Health Care Professionals by Patients and Visitors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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“…This finding is also consistent with previous studies in hospitals of Italy, China, Bangladesh and Ethiopia. [25][26][27][28] Among the different types of HCWs, in comparison with administration staff, security guards were significantly more likely to experience verbal violence in tertiary care hospitals, while the chance of occurrence was uniformly distributed between doctors, nurses and technicians. Understandably, guards are the first point of contact, which puts them at higher risk.…”

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The magnitude and determinants of violence against healthcare workers in Pakistan

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► Main reasons among hospital HCW's included reaction of attendants to adverse outcomes, impatient behavior of patients and attendants, delay in care and lack of facilities ► Among ambulance workers, main reasons included delay in arrival and shifting of the patient and lack of facilities to provide good quality pre-hospital emergency care ► Among field healthcare workers, misconception of vaccines was the main reason. ► This study proposes interventions according to main reasons of violence.What do the findings imply?► The findings of the study provide directions for different healthcare settings on how to protect HCW's. ► The essential interventions required are increasing resources to provide good quality of care, introducing policies to improve responsiveness to patient's needs, training HCW's in communication and deescalation skills and introducing educational and regulatory measures to improve patient and attendant behavio AbsTrACTObjectives To determine the magnitude and determinants of violence against healthcare workers (HCWs) and to identify the predominant types and causes of violence experienced by them.Methodology A cross-sectional survey based on structured questionnaire adopted from previous surveys and qualitative data was conducted in 4 large cities and 12 districts in 3 provinces of Pakistan. The survey covered 8579 from all cadres of HCWs, including doctors, nurses, technicians, support staff, ambulance workers, vaccinators, lady health visitors, midwives and lady health workers (LHWs). The predictors of overall violence experienced, physical violence experienced and verbal violence experienced were separately analysed for tertiary care hospitals, secondary care hospitals, primary care hospitals and field-level HCWs. Logistic regression was used to compute adjusted ORs with 95% CIs for the association of different factors with the violence experienced. results More than one-third (38.4%) reported having experienced any form of violence in the last 6 months. Verbal violence was the most commonly experienced form (33.9%), followed by physical violence (6.6%). The main reasons for physical violence were death of patients (17.6%), serious condition of patients (16.6%) and delay in care (13.4%). Among the different types of field HCWs, emergency vehicle operators were significantly more likely to experience verbal violence compared with LHWs (adjusted OR=1.97; 95% CI 1.31 to 2.94; p=0.001). Among hospital HCWs, those working in private hospitals were significantly less likely to experience physical violence (adjusted OR=0.52; 95% CI 0.38 to 0.71; p=0.001) and verbal violence (adjusted OR=0.57; 95% CI 0.48 to 0.68

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“…İşyerinde şiddet; coğrafi sınırları, çalışma ortamlarını ve meslek gruplarını aşarak küresel bir sorun haline gelmiştir 1 . Dünya Sağlık Örgütü (DSÖ) şiddeti; "kendine, başka bir kişiye, bir gruba veya topluluğa karşı tehdit, veya fiili fiziksel gücün kasıtlı olarak kullanılması sonucunda yaralanma, ölüm, psikolojik zarar, kötü gelişme veya yoksunluk yaratan durum" olarak tanımlanmaktadır 2 .…”

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Evaluation of white code data for violence

Torun

2020

Cukurova Medical Journal

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Öz Purpose: The frequency of the made violence against staff working in health institutions and organizations in Turkey, type, and to determine the results by examining the seriousness, is conducted to determine as well whether the years are differences in terms of the number of violence reported by reputation. Materials and Methods: In this study, "White Code" records of the Ministry of Health between the years 2012-2018 belonging to the institutions and organizations affiliated to the Ministry of Health were analyzed retrospectively. The data obtained were evaluated within the scope of the type of violence, the type of hospital where the notification was made, the unit where the violence took place, the title of the personnel subjected to the violence, the time of the violence, the cause of the violence and the result of the violence. Pairwise.prop.test was used in the R language to calculate binary comparisons between violent incidents. Results: When we examine the study, propensity for violence was more; during the summer months, in public hospitals, emergency services, between 10: 00 and 14: 00 and verbal violence rather than physical violence; and the victim of violence is often a doctor. Brickbat increased over the years; It has been found that physical violence decreased especially after 2016. Conclusion: Violence against personnel working in the health sector should be resolved with sustainable health reform Amaç: Türkiye'de bulunan sağlık kurum ve kuruluşlarında görev yapan personele yönelik yapılan şiddetin sıklığını, türünü ve ciddiyetini inceleyerek sonuçlarını belirlemek, hem de yıllar itibari ile bildirilen şiddet sayısı bakımından farklılık olup olmadığını belirlemek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Bu çalışmada Sağlık Bakanlığının 2012-2018 yıllar arasındaki sağlık bakanlığına bağlı kurum ve kuruluşlarına ait "Beyaz Kod" kayıtları retrospektif olarak incelenmiştir. Elde edilen veriler, şiddetin türü, bildirim yapılan hastanenin türü, şiddetin gerçekleştiği birim, şiddete uğrayan personelin unvanı, şiddetin gerçekleştiği zaman, şiddetin nedeni ve şiddetin sonucu kapsamında değerlendirilmiştir. Yıllar arasında şiddet olayları arasında ikili karşılaştırmaları hesaplamak için R dilinde "pairwise. prop.test" kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Çalışmada şiddetin daha çok; yaz aylarında, devlet hastanelerinde, acil servislerde, 10: 00-14: 00 saatleri arasında ve fiziksel şiddetten daha ziyade sözel şiddetin yaşandığı; şiddet mağdurunun ise sıklıkla doktor olduğu saptanmıştır. Yıllar itibari ile sözel şiddetin artış gösterdiği belirlenirken; fiziksel şiddetin özellikle 2016 yılından sonra azaldığı tespit edilmiştir. Sonuç: Sağlık sektöründe çalışan personele yönelik şiddetin sürdürülebilir sağlık reformu ile çözülmesi gerektiği düşünülmektedir.

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Iceberg of workplace violence in health sector of Bangladesh

Cited by 36 publications

References 15 publications

Prevalence of Workplace Physical Violence against Health Care Professionals by Patients and Visitors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Prevalence of Workplace Physical Violence against Health Care Professionals by Patients and Visitors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

The magnitude and determinants of violence against healthcare workers in Pakistan

Evaluation of white code data for violence

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