Evaluation of Assaults on Doctors in Canakkale within the Last Year

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dc.authoridBAKIM, BAHADIR/0000-0002-0036-1354
dc.contributor.authorKaraahmet, Elif
dc.contributor.authorBakim, Bahadir
dc.contributor.authorAltinbas, Kursat
dc.contributor.authorPeker, Emel
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:34:54Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:34:54Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractObjective: Violence against doctors and health professionals in the healthcare environment is thought to have increased in recent years. Although physical and verbal assaults in the health care system have been evaluated in many different aspects, a limited amount of research has been done in this field in our country. For this reason, we aimed to investigate assaults towards doctors working at the Canakkale State Hospital and Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University in Turkey. Method: A questionnaire was prepared by researchers assessing assaults within the last year on doctors working in the state and university hospitals. Data from 130 doctors who agreed to participation in the study were analysed with SPSS version 16. Descriptive statistics, independent sample T-test for normally distributed variables and Mann-Whitney U test for non-normally distributed variables were used to compare the groups. Results: We found that 59.2% (n=77) of the doctors were verbally and/ or physically assaulted at least once during the past year. The majority of attackers consisted of relatives of patients (40.8% verbal attack, n=31). The verbal assaults mostly occurred in outpatient clinics (61.5%), with half of the physical assaults occurring in the emergency department. The vast majority of doctors considered that poor health policies were the most important reason for assaults (83.3%, n=65), and nearly all of them thought that violence towards doctors has increased in recent years (97.4%). Conclusion: The fact that most of the doctors exposed to assaults, regardless of gender, institution, or work position, perceived health policies as being responsible for this violent atmosphere, is very striking. We believe that larger sample-size and comprehensive countrywide studies in this area would help to provide solutions for this problem.
dc.identifier.doi10.5350/DAJPN2014270202
dc.identifier.endpage114
dc.identifier.issn1018-8681
dc.identifier.issn1309-5749
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84903480786
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3
dc.identifier.startpage108
dc.identifier.trdizinid221951
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5350/DAJPN2014270202
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/221951
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/23510
dc.identifier.volume27
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000421435900003
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizin
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherYerkure Tanitim & Yayincilik Hizmetleri A S
dc.relation.ispartofDusunen Adam-Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectState hospital
dc.subjectuniversity hospital
dc.subjectviolence towards doctors
dc.titleEvaluation of Assaults on Doctors in Canakkale within the Last Year
dc.typeArticle

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