Amynah Janmohamed, David Doledec, Romance Dissieka, Umu H Jalloh, Sugandh Juneja, Maguette Beye, Fatou Ndiaye, Theresia Jumbe, Melissa M Baker
Vitamin A supplementation coverage and associated factors for children aged 6 to 59 months in integrated and campaign-based delivery systems in four sub-Saharan African countries
BMC public health
background workplace violence hospitals occupational hazard affects healthcare workers hcws negatively many aspects causes deterioration doctorpatient relationship resulting providence substandard healthcare study conducted compare pattern violence tertiary care government teaching hospital multispecialty private trust hospital sagar district madhya pradesh india methodology ethical clearance crosssectional observational study participants frontline healthcare workers including doctors nurses asked type frequency department place violence etc along perceived causes solutions arrangements made hospitals dealing using pretested semistructured questionnaire data analysis performed using ibm spss version 260 ibm corp armonk ny categorical variables described using frequency percentages inferential analysis conducted using chisquarefishers exact test pvalue 005 considered statistically significant results among 113 participants 67 593 female 53 469 doctors 60 531 nurses mean age participants 30973 years predominantly verbal emotional physical violence present 965 434 62 participants respectively violent incidents healthcare workers frequent government hospitals compared private hospitals healthcare workers 876 tried resolve violent incidents peacefully 18 tried fight back perceived cause violence setups lack morality literacy among patients relatives ie 832 followed lack proper facilities lack trust healthcare workers conclusion setups faced substantial amount violence loopholes setups considering resources security facilities clearly visible specific steps must adopted protect systems violence