Assessing the Risks that Interns Meet in the Working Environment

Year 2018, Volume: 5 Issue: 1, 65 - 71, 04.02.2018

Özlem Terzi Yıldız Pekşen

https://doi.org/10.17681/hsp.338994

Abstract

Objective: The working environments of health
professionals are one of the risky areas for employees' health. Medical faculty students especially intens,
are exposed to these risks during their training and clinical practices in
hospitals. In this study,
it was aimed to determine some occupational risks and work-related complaints
encountered by the interns who were educated at a Faculty of Medicine.  Materials
and Methods: All the interns trained at the Faculty of Medicine Hospital in
2016 were included in the descriptive study.The data were collected by the questionnaire
developed by the researcher and analyzed in
the SPSS 22.0 package program. The data were evaluatedin terms of number,
percentile, mean and median. Results:
The study period of 87% of interns exceeds 45 hours per week. Regarding with
the working environment and conditions; There were complaints such as insomnia
(84.3%), fatigue (79.1%), adequate and balanced nutrition (76.9%), social limitation
(75.4%) and neck and back pain (57.5%).Interns said that they could most
frequently encountered with biological agents (92.5%). The prevalence of
interns injuries with penetrating-cutting instruments was 73.9%, and 86% of the
injuries stated that they used gloves during the injury. It has been determined
that the frequency of being exposed to violance by patients and/or relatives is
61.9%. Conclusion: The most common
risk factors that threaten their health have been identified as overtime and
needlestick and sharps injuries. In addition, the height of the violence rate
is also remarkable. It is suggested that managers of medical faculties and
training hospitals should make regulations to reduce risk factors.  It is also proposed to increase awareness in
terms of occupational risk factors in the interns.

Keywords

Intern, medical student, occupational exposure

İntörnlerin Çalışma Ortamında Karşılaştıkları Risklerin Değerlendirilmesi / Assessing the Risks that Interns Meet in the Working Environment

Abstract

Amaç: Sağlık
profesyonellerinin
çalışma ortamları, çalışanların sağlığı için riskli alanlardan biridir. Tıp
fakültesi öğrencileri, özellikle de intörnler, eğitimleri ve hastanelerdeki
klinik uygulamaları sırasında bu risklere maruz kalmaktadırlar. Bu çalışmada, Tıp Fakültesi’nde öğrenim gören intörnlerin karşılaştıkları bazı
mesleki risklerin ve işle ilgili şikayetlerinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Tanımlayıcı tipteki çalışmaya 2016 yılında bir Tıp
Fakültesi Hastanesinde öğrenim gören tüm intörnler
dahil edilmiştir. Veriler araştırmacı tarafından geliştirilen anket formu ile
toplanmış ve SPSS 22.0 paket programında analiz edilmiştir. Veriler sayı,
yüzdelik, ortalama ve ortanca ile ifade edilmiştir. Bulgular: İntörnlerin %87'sinin çalışma süresi haftalık 45 saati
aşmaktadır. Çalışma ortamı ve koşullarıyla ilişkili olarak uykusuzluk
(%84,3), yorgunluk (%79,1), yeterli ve dengeli beslenememe(%76,9), sosyal
kısıtlılık (%75,4), boyun ve sırt ağrısı (%57,5) gibi şikayetlerinin olduğu
belirlenmiştir.  İntörnler en sık biyolojik etkenler (%92,5’i)
ile karşılaşabileceklerini ifade etmişlerdir. İntörnlerin delici-kesici aletle
yaralanması sıklığı %73,9 olup, yaralananların %86’sı yaralanma sırasında
eldiven kullandıklarını belirtmişlerdir. Son bir yılda hasta ve/veya hasta
yakınları tarafından şiddete uğrama sıklığının %61,9 olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Sonuç: Sağlıklarını tehdit eden ve en
sık karşılaşılan risk faktörleri fazla çalışma süresi ve delici-kesici alet
yaralanması olarak belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca şiddet oranındaki yükseklik de dikkat
çekici bulunmuştur. Tıp fakültesi ve eğitim veren hastanelerin
yöneticilerinin, risk faktörlerini azaltılmaya yönelik düzenlemeler yapması ve
intörnlerde de mesleki risk faktörleri açısından farkındalığın arttırılması
önerilmektedir

Keywords

İntörn, tıp öğrencisi, mesleki maruziyet

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