Violence against nurses in healthcare facilities in Kuwait

Adib, Salim M.; Al-Shatti, Ahmad K; Kamal, Shadia; Elgerges, Najwa S.; Al-Raqem, Mariam

doi:10.1016/s0020-7489(01)00050-5

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“…Previous studies have shown the same results, that verbal abuse occurs more often than physical violence [3,5,9,10]. In describing the perpetrators, patients' relatives and patients themselves were responsible for most of the verbal and physical abuse; but physicians themselves were also perpetrators of abuse to nurses; this is also consistent with other studies [3,9,11]. Nurses are usually the first persons that patients and their families meet.…”

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confidence: 84%

“…Some researchers believe that such action by nurse victims somehow mitigates the circumstances for violence, and there is a widely held belief patients who were abusive are somehow not competent due to their illness [21]. May and Grubbs [22] argued that the majority of nurses accepted the presence of abuse as a feature of their occupation and believed that reporting would be time-consuming and fruitless [11,14]. The results also showed that less experienced nursing personnel were more likely to suffer an episode of abuse.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This may be due to their close contact with patients or their family members, or due to the way they treated patients. As Adib et al [11] and Ayrancy [24] noted, the frequency of abuse is greater towards nurses who perform the first treatment on patients than towards other nurses who care for the same patients later.…”

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confidence: 99%

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318 Verbal and physical abuse against Jordanian nurses in the work environment

Ahmed

2012

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This descriptive cross-sectional study determined the prevalence and sources of verbal and physical workplace abuse in the last 6 months, the nurses' reactions to abuse, and their opinions about it. Data were collected by questionnaire from 447 nurses working in various departments in 3 hospitals in Amman. The prevalence of verbal and physical abuse was 37.1% and 18.3% respectively. Younger, less experienced nurses and those in emergency and intensive care departments experienced more abuse. Patients and their relatives were the usual abusers. Only 35.1% of the abused nurses reported it; of those that did not, 57.1% thought it was useless to do so, while 34.2% thought they could handle the incident without help. Over half of the abused nurses considered leaving nursing and felt their quality of work decreased because of the abuse. Negative societal image of nurses (64%) and poor support from hospital authorities (60%) were the factors the nurses believed most contributed to abuse. ,1 % des membres du personnel infirmier ayant subi des violences notifiaient l'incident ; parmi ceux qui s'abstenaient de le notifier, 57,1 % pensaient que la démarche était inutile et 34,2 % qu'ils pouvaient gérer l'incident sans aide. Plus de la moitié du personnel infirmier ayant subi des violences envisageait de changer de métier et avait le sentiment que la qualité de leur travail était affectée en raison de cette violence. L'image négative du personnel infirmier dans la société (64 %) et le soutien médiocre consenti par l'administration des hôpitaux (60 %) étaient les facteurs qui contribuaient le plus à la violence selon l'avis du personnel infirmier.

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318 Verbal and physical abuse against Jordanian nurses in the work environment

Ahmed

2012

East Mediterr Health J

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“…There are conflicting reports in the literature on this subject. It has been found that men were significantly more exposed to physical violence then women (37)(38)(39)(40) and this is thought to be attributable to the dominant cultural norms that do not accept a lack of respect for women in these communities. However, in other studies, women were found to be more affected by violence than men (41).…”

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confidence: 99%

Çanakkale ilinde son 1 yılda hekime yönelik saldırıların değerlendirilmesi

Karaahmet¹,

Bakım²,

Altınbaş³

et al. 2014

Dusunen Adam

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Evaluation of assaults on doctors in Canakkale within the last yearObjective: Violence against doctors and health professionals in the healthcare environment is thought to have increased in recent years. Although physical and verbal assaults in the health care system have been evaluated in many different aspects, a limited amount of research has been done in this field in our country.For this reason, we aimed to investigate assaults towards doctors working at the Çanakkale State Hospital and Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University in Turkey.Method: A questionnaire was prepared by researchers assessing assaults within the last year on doctors working in the state and university hospitals. Data from 130 doctors who agreed to participation in the study were analysed with SPSS version 16. Descriptive statistics, independent sample T-test for normally distributed variables and Mann-Whitney U test for non-normally distributed variables were used to compare the groups.Results: We found that 59.2% (n=77) of the doctors were verbally and/or physically assaulted at least once during the past year. The majority of attackers consisted of relatives of patients (40.8% verbal attack, n=31).The verbal assaults mostly occurred in outpatient clinics (61.5%), with half of the physical assaults occurring in the emergency department. The vast majority of doctors considered that poor health policies were the most important reason for assaults (83.3%, n=65), and nearly all of them thought that violence towards doctors has increased in recent years (97.4%). Conclusion:The fact that most of the doctors exposed to assaults, regardless of gender, institution, or work position, perceived health policies as being responsible for this violent atmosphere, is very striking. We believe that larger sample-size and comprehensive countrywide studies in this area would help to provide solutions for this problem. Sonuç: Hekimlerin önemli bir bölümünün cinsiyet, çalıştıkları kurum ve konumdan bağımsız olarak, saldırılardan benzer oranda etkilenmesi ve uygulanan sağlık politikalarını var olan şiddet ortamının sorumlusu olarak görmesi oldukça çarpıcıdır. Bu alanda, daha geniş örneklem ile daha kapsamlı, ülke genelinde yapılacak çalışmaların, bu sorunun çözümüne ilişkin çıkış yolları sağlayacağını düşünmekteyiz.

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“…Consequently, she starts to leave work, be absent, or look for sick leaves, which on the long term affects family and community (Adib et al, 2002).…”

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Obstacles of Saudi Woman Work in the Mixed Environment: A Field Study

Alhazmi¹,

Hammad²,

AL-shahrani³

2017

IES

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The study aimed to identify the obstacles facing Saudi woman while working in a mixed work environment. The main study sample consisted of (223) from the health sector female affiliates and were divided into two groups. The first group consisted of (129) participants from the health sector and workers in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) hospitals. The second group involved (94) participants from the health sector and workers in Najran, KSA hospitals. The study adopted the descriptive and analytical approach and the study instrument consisted of a questionnaire to identify the obstacles that the Saudi women encounter in the mixed environment. Results indicated that the most serious obstacles that Saudi woman encounters in the mixed work environment were social, professional, ethical, and psychological obstacles. There were statistically significant differences between the mean scores of women working in Riyadh and those women who working Najran regarding to the social obstacles in favor of women working in Najran and the ethical obstacles in favor of women working in Riyadh. There were no statistically significant differences between both groups in accordance to psychological and professional obstacles and the overall questionnaire degree. Furthermore, there were significant differences due to the nature of the work, whether a physician, nurse, or administrative employee regarding the social obstacles in favor of the woman working the administration field. There were significant differences with regard to both ethical and psychological obstacles in favor of women working in the administration field.

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Violence against nurses in healthcare facilities in Kuwait

Cited by 96 publications

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318 Verbal and physical abuse against Jordanian nurses in the work environment

318 Verbal and physical abuse against Jordanian nurses in the work environment

Çanakkale ilinde son 1 yılda hekime yönelik saldırıların değerlendirilmesi

Obstacles of Saudi Woman Work in the Mixed Environment: A Field Study

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