Violence in health sector is increasing day by day and becoming a major problem for healthcare workers. This study has been carried out in order to determine the cases of physical, verbal, and sexual violence of the healthcare workers who work in a state hospital in Sivas and the effects of the violence on their intent to leave. 300 people accepted to participate in the study voluntarily. Data were collected with “Workplace Violence Questionnaire in Health Sector” and “The Intent to Leave the Profession Scale”, and have been evaluated in SPSS v.22, by using percentages, mean, chi square, Mann Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis H tests. Content analysis was conducted for open ended questions. It was found that 50,7% of healthcare workers have stated the risk of being exposed to violence in their workplace as “high”, 19% were exposed to physical violence, 56% were exposed to verbal abuse. Verbal abuse directly affects the intention of healthcare professionals to leave.
Workplace Violence Healthcare Workers Intent to Leave Violence Aggression
Birincil Dil | İngilizce |
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Bölüm | Makaleler |
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Yayımlanma Tarihi | 30 Aralık 2020 |
Kabul Tarihi | 20 Kasım 2020 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2020 Cilt: 6 Sayı: 3 |