TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Workplace violence against resident doctors: a multicentric study from government medical colleges of Uttar Pradesh
JO  - Indian journal of public health
A1  - Singh, Geetu
A1  - Singh, Akash
A1  - Chaturvedi, Shobha
A1  - Khan, Samreen
SP  - 143
EP  - 146
VL  - 63
IS  - 2
N2  - According to the World Health Organization, between 8% and 38% of health workers suffer physical violence at some point in their careers. This multicentric study was conducted to find the prevalence, perceived risk factors, and measures to prevent workplace violence among doctors. The sample consisted of all 2<sup>nd</sup>- and 3<sup>rd</sup>-year resident doctors (n = 305) from three colleges in Uttar Pradesh. An anonymous, pretested in a similar setting, self-administered questionnaire was used. 69.5% of doctors reported to have experienced violence in one or other form in the past 1 year. In most incidents, relatives and attendants (69.3%) were involved in violence. No action was taken immediately in regard to violence in 35.3% of instances; 60.3% of study participants reported that they had repeated disturbing memories, thoughts, or images of the attack. Nonavailability of medicines (38.6%) and less staff (36.7%) were cited as top reasons behind violence.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0019-557X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijph.IJPH_70_18
ID  - ref1
ER  -