Author/Editor		Gabrovec, Branko
Title		The prevalence of violence directed at paramedic services personnel
Translated title		Prevalenca nasilja nad zaposlenimi v reševalnih službah
Type		članek
Vol. and No.		Letnik 49, št. 4
Publication year		2015
Volume		str. 284-294
ISSN		1318-2951 - Obzornik Zdravstvene Nege
Language		eng, slv
Abstract		Introduction: Providers of health care are frequently subject to violence. The purpose of this research is to identify the type of violence suffered by first responders and the frequency of violence, since there is a lack of research in this area. Methods: A non-experimental sampling research method was used for this research; the research instrument is a structured questionnaire. We invited 36 rescue stations in Slovenia to participate, and 29 responded to the request; 246 questionnaires (68.3 %) were returned out of a total of 360. Data were analysed by means of descriptive statistics, correlation, the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Pearson's chi-square test, Mann-Whitney U test and linear regression with a significance of p < 0.05. Results: Seventy-eight per cent of respondents reported they had been verbally abused by their patients in the reporting year, while 49.6 % respondents reported they had been physically abused and 26.8 % of all respondents suffered injuries inflicted by patients. In the reporting year, 24.4 % of respondents experienced sexual harassment. A correlation was established between facing and experiencing fear (p = 0.017), between physical violence and feelings of vulnerability (p = 0.005), and between experiencing physical violence by the patient and lack of knowledge of how to manage patients' aggression (p = 0.012). Discussion and conclusion: The research could serve as a basis for a comprehensive approach to aggression management for nursing care professionals in paramedic services.Uvod: Nasilje nad zaposlenimi v zdravstveni negi je pogosto. Namen raziskave je ugotoviti vrsto in pogostost nasilja nad zaposlenimi v reševalnih službah, kjer je raziskanost pojavnosti redkejša. Metode: Izvedena je bila neeksperimentalna vzorčna metoda raziskovanja. Inštrument raziskave je bil strukturiran vprašalnik. K raziskavi smo povabili 36 reševalnih postaj v Sloveniji, od katerih se jih je odzvalo 29 od skupno 360 poslanih je bilo vrnjenih 246 (68,3 %) vprašalnikov. Podatki so bili analizirani z opisno statistiko, korelacijo, testom Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Pearsonovim testom hi-kvadrat, testom Mann-Whitney U in linearno regresijo s stopnjo značilnosti p < 0,05. Rezultati: Verbalno nasilje s strani pacienta je v zadnjem letu doživelo 78,0 % vseh anketiranih. 49,6 % jih je v zadnjem letu doživelo fizično nasilje. Poškodovanih s strani pacienta jih je bilo v svoji karieri 26,8 %. Spolno nadlegovanje je s strani pacienta v zadnjem letu doživelo 24,4 % anketiranih. Ugotovili smo povezanost med soočanjem in doživljanjem strahu (p = 0,017), med fizičnim nasiljem in doživljanjem ogroženosti (p = 0,005) ter med doživljanjem fizičnega nasilja s strani pacienta in pomanjkanjem znanja za obvladovanje agresivnega pacienta (p = 0,012). Diskusija in zaključek: Rezultati raziskave so izhodišče za iskanje rešitev ugotovljenih problematik različnih vrst nasilja nad zaposlenimi v zdravstveni negi reševalnih služb.
Keywords		zdravstvena nega reševalci varnost nursing paramedic safety