Assessment of Occupational Risks of Health Personnel

Yıl 2017, Volume 2, Issue 1(4), 42 - 42, 01.11.2017

Nazan Akçalı Ersin Nazlıcan Muhsin Akbaba Burak Kurt Tanju Altınsoy Alper Acil

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Introduction
and Purpose:

Health workers are at occupational risk due to the work they do.The purpose of
this study is;to investigate the occupational risks of family health workers
working in Adana province.

Materials-Methods:

Our survey was applied to family health workers who worked in provinces and
districts in Adana.461 people(86.1%)from 535 employees participated in our
survey.16 participants(3.5%)were male and 445(96.5%)were female. The average
age of the respondents was 38.6±7.1.

Of the respondents,11(2.4%)said work affected their health were very positively,86(18.7%)
were positively,94(20.4%)no changes,230(49.9%)were adversely,40(8.7%)were very
adversely affected.

242 people(52.5%)had illnesses or complaints that they thought originated from
work. Seven people(5.9%)were worried about job accidents,53(11.5%)were worried
lowly,226(49.0%) were middlely and 155(33.6%)were highly.

When asked about status of risk and sense of safety against the
accident,151(32.8%) answered no,54(11.7%)were low,210(45.6%)were middle and
46(10%)high.

265 people(57.5%)were injured with cutting-piercing-sinking objects while
working.During these injuries,165 people used personal protective equipment.

182 people answered yes(39.5%)and 279 people gave no(60.5%)when they were
questioned about the status of exposure to blood and other body fluids during
the study. There was no significant difference between men and women in terms
of exposure(p = 0.493).

When asked about exposure to violence at work,198 people(43%)answered yes, and
263 people(57%)gave no response.196 people(42.5%)were exposed to verbal attacks
and 44 people(9.5%) were exposed to physical violence and ill-treatment.There
was no significant relationship between gender and both physical and verbal
exposure(p>0.05).When we assess the relationship between age and exposure to
violence, young workers under 30 are more exposed to violence(p = 0.028).When
we looked at the relationship between verbal aggression and age, verbal
violence exposure was significantly higher in young people(p=0.045).There was
no significant relationship between physical violence and age(p>0.05).

Conclusion: All healthcare professionals are at occupational risk.Especially
young employees are more sensitive to occupational risks and need to be careful
when working.

 

 

Keywords:
work
accident, violence, health

 

Anahtar Kelimeler

Assessment of Occupational Risks of Health Personnel

Kaynakça

• Nazan Akçalı1, Ersin Nazlıcan2, Muhsin Akbaba2, Burak Kurt2, Tanju Altınsoy1, Alper Acil1 1Adana Public Health Directorate 2Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine Department of Public Health