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Workplace Violence among Healthcare Providers during the COVID-19 Health Emergency: A Cross-Sectional Study

(1) Background: Workplace violence among healthcare providers (HCPs) is a tangible barrier to patient care. The purpose of this study was to gain insight into physicians’ and nurses’ perceptions of workplace violence and their perceptions of communication skills during the COVID-19 health emergency....

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Autores principales: Alfuqaha, Othman A., Albawati, Nour M., Alhiary, Sakher S., Alhalaiqa, Fadwa N., Haha, Moh’d Fayeq F., Musa, Suzan S., Shunnar, Ohood, AL Thaher, Yazan
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9026762/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35447678
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs12040106
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author Alfuqaha, Othman A.
Albawati, Nour M.
Alhiary, Sakher S.
Alhalaiqa, Fadwa N.
Haha, Moh’d Fayeq F.
Musa, Suzan S.
Shunnar, Ohood
AL Thaher, Yazan
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Albawati, Nour M.
Alhiary, Sakher S.
Alhalaiqa, Fadwa N.
Haha, Moh’d Fayeq F.
Musa, Suzan S.
Shunnar, Ohood
AL Thaher, Yazan
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description (1) Background: Workplace violence among healthcare providers (HCPs) is a tangible barrier to patient care. The purpose of this study was to gain insight into physicians’ and nurses’ perceptions of workplace violence and their perceptions of communication skills during the COVID-19 health emergency. We also sought to assess and compare the association between types of workplace violence, communication skills, and several sociodemographic factors of physicians and nurses including gender, marital status, site of work, age, and educational level during this era. (2) Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study of a selected hospital in Jordan using the Arabic version of the workplace violence and communication skills scales for September to November 2020. We included a total of 102 physicians and 190 nurses via a self-reported questionnaire. (3) Results: During the COVID-19 health emergency, physicians (48%) experienced workplace violence more than nurses (31.6%). More than two-thirds of the participants did not formally report any type of violence. Multinomial logistic regression analysis showed that marital status, gender, age, site of work, educational levels, and communication skills were associated with different types of violence among the two samples. (4) Conclusions: A high prevalence of workplace violence is noted among HCPs in Jordan compared with before the pandemic, which highlights the importance of promoting public awareness during crises.
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spelling pubmed-90267622022-04-23 Workplace Violence among Healthcare Providers during the COVID-19 Health Emergency: A Cross-Sectional Study Alfuqaha, Othman A. Albawati, Nour M. Alhiary, Sakher S. Alhalaiqa, Fadwa N. Haha, Moh’d Fayeq F. Musa, Suzan S. Shunnar, Ohood AL Thaher, Yazan Behav Sci (Basel) Article (1) Background: Workplace violence among healthcare providers (HCPs) is a tangible barrier to patient care. The purpose of this study was to gain insight into physicians’ and nurses’ perceptions of workplace violence and their perceptions of communication skills during the COVID-19 health emergency. We also sought to assess and compare the association between types of workplace violence, communication skills, and several sociodemographic factors of physicians and nurses including gender, marital status, site of work, age, and educational level during this era. (2) Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study of a selected hospital in Jordan using the Arabic version of the workplace violence and communication skills scales for September to November 2020. We included a total of 102 physicians and 190 nurses via a self-reported questionnaire. (3) Results: During the COVID-19 health emergency, physicians (48%) experienced workplace violence more than nurses (31.6%). More than two-thirds of the participants did not formally report any type of violence. Multinomial logistic regression analysis showed that marital status, gender, age, site of work, educational levels, and communication skills were associated with different types of violence among the two samples. (4) Conclusions: A high prevalence of workplace violence is noted among HCPs in Jordan compared with before the pandemic, which highlights the importance of promoting public awareness during crises. MDPI 2022-04-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9026762/ /pubmed/35447678 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs12040106 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Musa, Suzan S.
Shunnar, Ohood
AL Thaher, Yazan
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title_short Workplace Violence among Healthcare Providers during the COVID-19 Health Emergency: A Cross-Sectional Study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9026762/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35447678
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs12040106
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