Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt.
Public Health, Department of Social Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
Arch Environ Occup Health. 2022;77(8):621-627. doi: 10.1080/19338244.2021.1982854. Epub 2021 Sep 30.
Workplace violence (WPV) is a serious endemic phenomenon in healthcare settings, and it has been escalating during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this cross-sectional study, healthcare workers (HCWs) (105 physicians and 104 nurses) working at two public hospitals accepting patients with COVID-19 in Egypt were included. Using a self-administered questionnaire distributed in January 2021, data about HCWs' sociodemographic and occupational characteristics and their exposure to psychological and physical WPV during the past six months were collected. The results showed that the prevalence of psychological and physical WPV was 42.6% and 9.6%, respectively. Relatives of patients were the perpetrators in most WPV incidents. HCWs did not report 57.3% of psychological and 10.0% of physical WPV incidents. Female sex, having physical contact with patients, and working rotational shifts were associated with the increased exposure to psychological and physical WPV. In conclusion, this study showed a high prevalence of WPV against HCWs in Egyptian public hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic.
工作场所暴力(WPV)是医疗环境中的一种严重普遍现象,在 COVID-19 大流行期间呈上升趋势。在这项横断面研究中,纳入了在埃及两家收治 COVID-19 患者的公立医院工作的医护人员(105 名医生和 104 名护士)。研究人员于 2021 年 1 月使用自填式问卷收集了医护人员的社会人口统计学和职业特征,以及他们在过去六个月中遭受心理和身体 WPV 的情况。结果显示,心理和身体 WPV 的发生率分别为 42.6%和 9.6%。在大多数 WPV 事件中,患者的亲属是肇事者。医护人员没有报告 57.3%的心理 WPV 和 10.0%的身体 WPV 事件。女性、与患者有身体接触以及轮班工作与心理和身体 WPV 的暴露增加有关。总之,这项研究表明,在 COVID-19 大流行期间,埃及公立医院的医护人员遭受 WPV 的情况较为普遍。