Prevalence of abuse against frontline health-care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in low and middle-income countries

Alsuliman, Tamim; Mouki, Angie; Mohamad, Okbah

doi:10.26719/2021.27.5.441

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“…There has been an increase in violence against nurses and healthcare workers since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic (Alsuliman et al, 2021;Bitencourt et al, 2021;Devi, 2020;Larkin, 2021;Yang et al, 2021). This increase in violence underscores the urgency of the implications of this study.…”

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“…The potential for the COVID-19 pandemic to exacerbate OD is concerning. Abuse of nurses and healthcare workers has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic (Alsuliman et al, 2021;Bitencourt et al, 2021;Devi, 2020;Yang et al, 2021). Additionally, nurses are working under extraordinarily challenging conditions.…”

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“…During COVID-19, at times, healthcare resources have been scarce and there has been controversy regarding fair distribution of these resources. Inevitably, such controversial and high-stress situations have led to abuse of healthcare workers in both the workplace and in public spaces in their communities (Alsuliman et al, 2021;Bitencourt et al, 2021;Dye et al, 2020;Larkin 2021;Yang et al, 2021).…”

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Occupational Disappointment and Emergency Nurses: A Qualitative Descriptive Study

Zullo

Corcoran²,

Cook³

2022

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Background: Occupational disappointment is a novel concept in emergency nursing. It is a feeling of disheartenment with career choice. It results from prevalent, unaddressed verbal abuse in the emergency department directed towards nurses from patients and/or their visitors. Occupational disappointment is conceptually different from burnout and compassion fatigue. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to acknowledge this phenomenon and understand its implications while considering strategies to mitigate it. Method: A qualitative descriptive methodology was used in this study. Nurses were interviewed to explore the question: How do emergency department nurses experience occupational disappointment as a result of verbal abuse? Results: Three major themes with several subthemes were identified: (1) nurses’ experiences of occupational disappointment with sub-themes of powerlessness and normalizing; (2) nurses’ responses to occupational disappointment with sub-themes of changes in nursing practice, retention, and nurses’ mental health; (3) nurses’ concerns regarding occupational disappointment with sub-themes of nursing and organizational leadership. Discussion: Policies addressing verbal abuse would help guide nurses when managing this violence. Failure of nurse leaders to implement such measures contributes to nurses’ occupational disappointment, consequently affecting nurses’ practice, mental health, and retention. While these implications are not new, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated this phenomenon. The magnitude of verbal abuse that emergency nurses currently face has increased exponentially; a renewed urgency for strategic action is necessary. Conclusion: Occupational disappointment is a direct result of verbal abuse and an indirect result of organizational failures to support nurses and empower them to mitigate this abuse.

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Occupational Disappointment and Emergency Nurses: A Qualitative Descriptive Study

Zullo

Corcoran²,

Cook³

2022

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“…The COVID-19 pandemic is still ongoing. Explanations for the potential increase in violence to health care workers throughout include fear and panic, misinformation about COVID-19, poor levels of health education, diminished health care quality, difficulties in timely access due to services, increase workload, and emotional stress in health practitioners 17 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 . Potential strategies to mitigate the progression of this problem include protecting health workers through legislation, improved communications with patients and families, critical analysis of information on social media, facilitating patients' access through telemedicine strategies, and improving access in primary settings.…”

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Aggression, Micro-aggression, and Abuse Against Health Care Providers During the COVID-19 Pandemic. A Latin American Survey

Pulido¹,

Miranda-Arboleda²,

Garcia³

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“…Moreover, the state government needs to take pertinent steps to make all necessities available to all classes of people so that there can be successful lockdown as and when required. The protections of the health warriors are also states' responsibility as we evident some undesirable incidences against doctors, nurses and police during this pandemic circumstance [ 26 ]. Accordingly, the states, the nations need to put forward their social and economic resources to cope with this extreme circumstance.…”

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Women's political leadership and efficiency in reducing COVID-19 death rate: An application of technical inefficiency effects model across Indian states

Maity

Barlaskar

2022

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

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Evidence from earlier studies on COVID-19 suggests that the countries led by female leaders were more successful in handling the COVID-19. India being a patrilocal society evident that women's political autonomy in the Gram Panchayat does miracles concerning development. With this backdrop, the present paper aims to explore the role of women's political participation and leadership on the efficiency in reducing the COVID-19 death rate for Indian states. This predominantly empirical paper is entirely based on secondary data compiled from different sources. The empirical analysis of the paper is facilitated by the utilization of the Technical Inefficiency Effects model within the framework of Stochastic Production Frontier. The empirical results accredit us to conclude that the efficiency of the Indian states in reducing the COVID-19 death rate is highly influenced by female political participation and leadership, digitalization, urbanization, and literacy rate. The study ends with suitable policy prescriptions.

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Prevalence of abuse against frontline health-care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in low and middle-income countries

Cited by 10 publications

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Occupational Disappointment and Emergency Nurses: A Qualitative Descriptive Study

Occupational Disappointment and Emergency Nurses: A Qualitative Descriptive Study

Aggression, Micro-aggression, and Abuse Against Health Care Providers During the COVID-19 Pandemic. A Latin American Survey

Women's political leadership and efficiency in reducing COVID-19 death rate: An application of technical inefficiency effects model across Indian states

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