Abdominal Transplant and HPB Surgeon, St Luke's Transplant Program, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Professor, Department of Surgery, NSCB Government Medical College Jabalpur, Jabalpur, India.
Trop Doct. 2021 Jul;51(3):463-465. doi: 10.1177/00494755211010005. Epub 2021 Apr 28.
Violence at work is becoming an alarming phenomenon worldwide affecting the millions of health care workers. This study was conducted to assess the violence towards Resident doctors in Indian teaching hospitals. Google forms questionnaire was developed and circulated electronically to resident doctors working in India. Data were collected and managed using the Google forms electronic tool. Vast majority (86%) of respondents reported having experienced violence with no difference among two genders. Prevalence of violence was maximum (35.5%) in general surgery. Verbal threat and abuse was the commonest (∼94%) form of violence. Mostly these acts of violence happened in Emergency/Trauma room. The most common reasons for violence in hospital were patient's death. Over 94% residents accepted that they had never received any training to deal with work place violence. Majority (80%) of the respondents favoured better communication, strict Laws and strengthening of security measures in hospital to prevent WPV. Workplace violence prevention should be addressed aggressively and comprehensively in health care. A workplace violence prevention program should be a required component of all health care organizations.
工作场所暴力在全球范围内成为一个令人震惊的现象，影响着数以百万计的医护人员。本研究旨在评估印度教学医院住院医师所遭受的暴力。我们开发了谷歌表单调查问卷，并以电子方式分发给在印度工作的住院医师。使用谷歌表单电子工具收集和管理数据。绝大多数（86%）受访者报告曾经历过暴力，男女之间没有差异。外科手术中的暴力发生率最高（35.5%）。言语威胁和辱骂是最常见的（∼94%）暴力形式。这些暴力行为大多发生在急诊/创伤室。医院暴力的最常见原因是患者死亡。超过 94%的住院医师表示，他们从未接受过任何处理工作场所暴力的培训。大多数（80%）受访者赞成更好的沟通、严格的法律和加强医院的安全措施，以防止 WPV。工作场所暴力预防应在医疗保健领域得到积极和全面的解决。工作场所暴力预防计划应成为所有医疗保健组织的必要组成部分。
