Albuainain Hussah M, Alqurashi Mariam M, Alsadery Humood A, Alghamdi Turki A, Alghamdi Abdulrahman A, Alghamdi Riyadh A, Albaqami Talal A, Alghamdi Saad M
Department of General Surgery, King Fahad Hospital of the University, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
J Family Community Med. 2022 May-Aug;29(2):125-131. doi: 10.4103/jfcm.jfcm_392_21. Epub 2022 May 13.
Workplace bullying (WPB) is any sort of repeated and unjustified verbal, sexual, or physical intimidation that a person is exposed to by a group or another person in the workplace. In healthcare environments, practitioners are occasionally victims of WPB incidents. Bullying in surgical environments is an important issue that needs attention as it could affect patient care either directly or indirectly. The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of bullying in surgical environments in multiple regions in Saudi Arabia.
This cross-sectional study was conducted among surgeons, trainees, interns, nurses, and students in surgical specialties in multiple Saudi regions. The survey was designed by Survey Monkey and posted online. The data were analyzed through SPSS Version-21 by computing descriptive statistics as frequency and percentages with graph construction.
About two-thirds (65.2%) of the 788 study participants were male and were between the age of 20 and 29 years (67.8%). Consultants came first as perpetrators of bullying in the past 12 months (44.3%) and residents and interns were the major victims. The NAQ-R score ranged from 22.00 to 110.00, with a mean score of 42.47 (SD=17.9). Statistically significant association was found between mean NAQ-R score and age ( = 0.007), specialty ( = 0.002), and position ( < 0.001).
WPB is a pervasive problem in surgical environments in multiple regions of Saudi Arabia. Consultants and specialists are the primary offenders in bullying, which makes the hospital an environment for bullying behaviors.
职场霸凌（WPB）是指一个人在工作场所受到团体或另一个人的任何形式的重复且不合理的言语、性或身体恐吓。在医疗环境中，从业者偶尔会成为职场霸凌事件的受害者。手术环境中的霸凌是一个需要关注的重要问题，因为它可能直接或间接影响患者护理。本研究的目的是评估沙特阿拉伯多个地区手术环境中霸凌的发生率。
这项横断面研究在沙特多个地区的外科医生、实习生、实习医师、护士和外科专业学生中进行。该调查由Survey Monkey设计并在线发布。通过SPSS 21版计算描述性统计数据，以频率和百分比形式呈现并构建图表来分析数据。
788名研究参与者中约三分之二（65.2%）为男性，年龄在20至29岁之间（67.8%）。在过去12个月中，顾问作为霸凌者位居榜首（44.3%），住院医师和实习医师是主要受害者。NAQ-R评分范围为22.00至110.00，平均评分为42.47（标准差=17.9）。发现平均NAQ-R评分与年龄（=0.007）、专业（=0.002）和职位（<0.001）之间存在统计学显著关联。
职场霸凌在沙特阿拉伯多个地区的手术环境中是一个普遍存在的问题。顾问和专家是霸凌的主要肇事者，这使得医院成为一个存在霸凌行为的环境。
