TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Aggression, micro-aggression, and abuse against health care providers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a Latin American Survey
JO  - Current problems in cardiology
A1  - Garcia-Zamora, Sebastián
A1  - Pulido, Laura
A1  - Miranda-Arboleda, Andrés Felipe
A1  - Garcia, Darío Eduardo
A1  - Perez, Gonzalo
A1  - Priotti, Mauricio
A1  - Chango, Diego X.
A1  - Antoniolli, Melisa
A1  - Zaidel, Ezequiel José
A1  - Lopez-Santi, Ricardo
A1  - Vazquez, Gustavo
A1  - Nuñez-Mendez, Rodrigo
A1  - Cabral, Luz Teresa
A1  - Sosa-Liprandi, Álvaro
A1  - Liblik, Kiera
A1  - Baranchuk, Adrian
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - The COVID-19 pandemic has had tremendous consequences globally. Notably, increasing complaints of verbal and physical violence against health care providers have been reported. A cross-sectional electronic survey was conducted between January 11th and February 28th, 2022 to delineate the violent behavior against front-line health professionals in Latin America. A total of 3,544 participants from 19 countries were included. The 58.5% were women, 70.8% were physicians, 16% nurses, and 13.2% were other health team members. About 54.8% reported acts of abuse: 95.6% verbal abuse, 11.1% physical abuse, and 19.9% other types. Nearly half of those who reported abuse experienced psychosomatic symptoms after the event, 56.2% considered changing their care tasks, and 33.6% considered quitting their profession. In a logistic regression model, nurses (odds ratio (OR) 1.90, p<0.001), doctors (OR 2.11, p<0.001), and administrative staff (OR 3.53, p=0.005) experienced more abuse than other health workers. Women more frequently reported abuse (OR 1.56, p<0.001), as well as those who worked directly with COVID-19 patients (OR 3.66, p<0.001). A lower probability of abuse was observed at older ages (OR 0.95, p<0.001). There has been a high prevalence of abuse against health personnel in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic. Those caring for COVID-19 patients, younger staff, and women were found to be at elevated risk. It is imperative to develop strategies to mitigate these acts and their repercussions on the patient-provider relationship and outcomes.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0146-2806
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2022.101296
ID  - ref1
ER  -