Open AccessWorkplace violence against resident doctors: A multicentric study from government medical colleges of Uttar Pradesh
Author(s) -
Geetu Singh,
Akash Singh,
Shobha Chaturvedi,
Sana Khan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/ijph.ijph_70_18
Subject(s) - uttar pradesh , government (linguistics) , medicine , workplace violence , occupational safety and health , family medicine , environmental health , suicide prevention , injury prevention , poison control , socioeconomics , pathology , linguistics , philosophy , sociology
According to the World Health Organization, between 8% and 38% of health workers suffer physical violence at some point in their careers. This multicentric study was conducted to find the prevalence, perceived risk factors, and measures to prevent workplace violence among doctors. The sample consisted of all 2 nd - and 3 rd -year resident doctors (n = 305) from three colleges in Uttar Pradesh. An anonymous, pretested in a similar setting, self-administered questionnaire was used. 69.5% of doctors reported to have experienced violence in one or other form in the past 1 year. In most incidents, relatives and attendants (69.3%) were involved in violence. No action was taken immediately in regard to violence in 35.3% of instances; 60.3% of study participants reported that they had repeated disturbing memories, thoughts, or images of the attack. Nonavailability of medicines (38.6%) and less staff (36.7%) were cited as top reasons behind violence.