PREVALENCE OF VIOLENCE TOWARDS DOCTORS AND NURSES IN DHQ SAHIWAL

Abstract

Background: Providing care services at primary care centers require health care workers (HCWs) to closely interact with patients and their families, often under difficult circumstances. Patients and their relatives may behave aggressively or violently either due to their medical conditions, side effects of their medications, or dissatisfaction with the services provided by the health care facilities Patients and their families may also have a history of violent behavior or feel frustrated and angry as a result of the patient's circumstances. Objective: (1) To identify the prevalence of violence towards doctors and nurses. (2) To identify the factors involved in the prevalence of violence towards doctors and nurses. Study Design: Descriptive Study. Setting: DHQ Sahiwal. Period: Jun 2017 to Jan 2018. Material & Method: A questionnaire was designed to be filled by 129 nurses working in the hospital. Result: The sample size of this research was 129 nurses and doctors working in hospital. 15.5% patients showed violent behavior while 84.5% of attendants were unvalued. Research revealed that 86.8 of the patients / attendants were illiterate and medical staff faced 58.1% psychological and 41.9% physical violence. Conclusion: Adiquate Hospital staff security should be available all the time to avoid such incidences. Proper legislation and preventive measures should be organized.