Mobbing and Violence at Work as Hidden Stressors and Work Ability Among Emergency Medical Doctors in Serbia.
Medicina (Kaunas)
; 56(1)2020 Jan 13.
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ABSTRACT
Background and Objectives:
People employed in emergency medical services represent a professional group which encounters events beyond ordinary human experience, great work demands, the risk of professional disputes, and stressful situations. The goal of this study is to examine the presence of mobbing and violence at work, as well as their influence on work ability of emergency medical doctors. Materials andMethods:
The survey is conducted in Emergency Medical Service (EMS) in Nis in the period between December 2017 and January 2018. Using standardized questionnaires on psychosocial conditions in work environment (COPSOQ II) and work ability index (WAI) this study encompasses 79 doctors. For estimation of the examined factors' influence on WAI linear regression analysis was used.Results:
EMS doctors were exposed to abuse in 30.4% of the cases. The decline in WAI is significantly related with exposure to violence by patients (ß = 0.727), exposure to physical violence (ß = 0.896), exposure to abuse several times (ß = 0.691) and exposure to ill-treatment by patients (ß = 0.750).Conclusion:
The results indicate that in the examined doctors mobbing and workplace violence are very much present and have a negative impact on their work, and therefore on the quality of health care.Palavras-chave
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Médicos
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Local de Trabalho
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Bullying
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Exposição à Violência
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Estresse Ocupacional
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Medicina (Kaunas)
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Article