Analysis on Incidents of Violence towards Health Care Workers in Turkey between 2012 and 2016: Reflected in the Press

Yıl 2020, Cilt: 9 Sayı: 2, 82 - 89, 30.06.2020

Oya Nuran Emiroğlu , Ebru Öztürk Çopur , Nilgün Kuru Alıcı

https://doi.org/10.37989/gumussagbil.640151

Öz

   This study was
carried out as a descriptive study aiming to analyze the violence incidents
towards health care workers. For this purpose in the period of 2012-2016 news
about violence events published on the health care workers website (http://www.saglikcalisanisagligi.org/siddet)
were analyzed. 597 articles were included in the study. Descriptive statistics
were used in the analysis of the data and permission was taken from the
website’s management to carry out the work.

According to the
results of this study violence incidents took place most frequently in the
Marmara region (26%), at state hospitals (53.5%) and in emergency services (34.5%).
It was determined in the study that doctors experienced violence more (62%),
most frequent form of violence was verbal (48%), people using violence were
mostly relatives of the patients, and the most frequent reasons shown for
violence were loss of patient, lack of information, waiting in line for a long
time, being unable to receive service, unruly behavior and arguments.
Considering the information regarding the results of cases of violence in the news,
no results were seen to be reflected in the press by 59.7%

The aim
of this study is to know the situations about causing violence and to reveal the
importance of creating preventive strategies to eliminate these causes in
medical institutions. In the light of these results, it has been revealed that the
news of violence against health care workers were written carelessly, lacking details
and they were structured in a hostile style.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Health care workers, Occupational health, Turkey, Violence

Türkiye’de 2012-2016 Yılları Arasında Basına Yansıyan Sağlık Çalışanlarına Yönelik Şiddet Olaylarının İncelenmesi

Öz

Bu
çalışma, sağlık çalışanlarına yönelik yapılan şiddet olaylarını analiz etmek
amacıyla tanımlayıcı bir araştırma olarak yapılmıştır. Bu amaçla 2012-2016
döneminde sağlık çalışanları web sitesinde (http://www.saglikcalisanisagligi.org/siddet)
yayınlanan şiddet olaylarıyla ilgili haberler analiz edilmiştir. Çalışma
kapsamında 597 makale alınmıştır. Verilerin analizinde tanımlayıcı
istatistikler kullanılmış ve çalışmayı yürütmek için web sitesinin yönetiminden
izin alınmıştır. Bu çalışmanın sonuçlarına göre, en sık Marmara Bölgesi'nde
(%26), devlet hastanelerinde (%53,5) ve acil servislerde (%34,5) şiddet
olayları yaşanmıştır. Araştırmada hekimlerin şiddeti daha fazla yaşadığı (%62),
en sık şiddetin sözel şiddet olduğu (%48), şiddet kullananların çoğunlukla
hasta yakınları olduğu ve şiddet için en sık görülen nedenlerin hasta kaybı,
bilgi eksikliği, uzun süre beklemek, hizmet alamamak, haksız davranış ve
tartışmalar olduğu sonucuna varılmıştır. Haberlerde yer alan şiddet olaylarının
sonuçlarına ilişkin bilgiler göz önüne alındığında, %59,7 oranında basına
yansıyan bir sonuç olmadığı görülmektedir.

Bu çalışmanın
amacı şiddete neden olan durumları bilmek ve tıbbi kurumlarda bu nedenleri
ortadan kaldırmak için önleyici stratejiler oluşturmanın önemini ortaya koymaktır.
Araştırmanın sonuçları doğrultusunda sağlık çalışanlarına yönelik şiddet
haberlerinin dikkatsizce yazıldığı, ayrıntılardan yoksun olduğu ve düşmanca bir
tarzda yapılandırıldığı ortaya konulmuştur.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Sağlık çalışanları, İş sağlığı, Türkiye, Şiddet

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