Effect of workplace violence on health workers injuries and workplace absenteeism in Bangladesh.

Female Pregnancy Male Humans Workplace Violence Absenteeism Bangladesh / epidemiology Workplace Health Personnel
Absenteeism Bangladesh Health workers Injury Workplace violence

Journal

Global health research and policy
ISSN: 2397-0642
Titre abrégé: Glob Health Res Policy
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101705789

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
22 08 2023
Historique:
received: 30 01 2023
accepted: 26 07 2023
medline: 24 8 2023
pubmed: 23 8 2023
entrez: 23 8 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Workplace violence (WPV) is an emerging problem for health workers (HWs) and a global concern in health systems. Scientific literatures infer that WPV against HWs is often attributed to workplace injuries and absenteeism, leading to a series of adverse consequences. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the prevalence of workplace injuries and absenteeism due to WPV among Bangladeshi HWs and its association with factors related to health facilities, work environments, and rotating shift work. This study used participants who had experienced WPV, including medical doctors, nurses, or any form of medical staff. A total of 468 victim HWs were added in the analytical exploration. Participants were generated from our previous cross-sectional study of 1081 Bangladeshi HWs. A logistic regression model was used to find the association between workplace injuries and absenteeism due to WPV among HWs and associated factors. The prevalence of workplace injuries and absenteeism due to WPV among HWs were 14.10% (95% CI 11.23-7.57) and 22.44% (95% CI 18.87-26.45), respectively. Injury incidence was higher among males (17.67%) and young HWs (20.83%). Workplace absenteeism was more common among male HWs (25%) and those working in public hospitals (23.46%). The magnitude of injuries and absenteeism varied significantly by hospital departments. Workplace injury was significantly higher among HWs who worked in the emergency (AOR = 21.53, 95% CI 2.55-181.71), intensive care (AOR = 22.94, 95% CI 2.24-234.88), surgery (AOR = 17.22, 95% CI 1.96-151.39), and gynecology & obstetrics departments (AOR = 22.42, 95% CI 2.25-223.07) compared with other departments. The burden of work-related absenteeism was significantly associated with HWs who worked in the emergency (AOR = 4.44, 95% CI 1.56-12.61), surgery (AOR = 4.11, 95% CI 1.42-11.90), and gynecology and obstetrics departments (AOR = 5.08, 95% CI 1.47-17.50). This study observed a high prevalence of workplace injuries and absenteeism among HWs due to WPV across hospital departments, including emergency, surgery, intensive care and gynecology & obstetrics units. Policymakers should incorporate suitable strategies into Bangladesh's national health policy to combat violence in healthcare settings.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND
Workplace violence (WPV) is an emerging problem for health workers (HWs) and a global concern in health systems. Scientific literatures infer that WPV against HWs is often attributed to workplace injuries and absenteeism, leading to a series of adverse consequences. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the prevalence of workplace injuries and absenteeism due to WPV among Bangladeshi HWs and its association with factors related to health facilities, work environments, and rotating shift work.
METHODS
This study used participants who had experienced WPV, including medical doctors, nurses, or any form of medical staff. A total of 468 victim HWs were added in the analytical exploration. Participants were generated from our previous cross-sectional study of 1081 Bangladeshi HWs. A logistic regression model was used to find the association between workplace injuries and absenteeism due to WPV among HWs and associated factors.
RESULTS
The prevalence of workplace injuries and absenteeism due to WPV among HWs were 14.10% (95% CI 11.23-7.57) and 22.44% (95% CI 18.87-26.45), respectively. Injury incidence was higher among males (17.67%) and young HWs (20.83%). Workplace absenteeism was more common among male HWs (25%) and those working in public hospitals (23.46%). The magnitude of injuries and absenteeism varied significantly by hospital departments. Workplace injury was significantly higher among HWs who worked in the emergency (AOR = 21.53, 95% CI 2.55-181.71), intensive care (AOR = 22.94, 95% CI 2.24-234.88), surgery (AOR = 17.22, 95% CI 1.96-151.39), and gynecology & obstetrics departments (AOR = 22.42, 95% CI 2.25-223.07) compared with other departments. The burden of work-related absenteeism was significantly associated with HWs who worked in the emergency (AOR = 4.44, 95% CI 1.56-12.61), surgery (AOR = 4.11, 95% CI 1.42-11.90), and gynecology and obstetrics departments (AOR = 5.08, 95% CI 1.47-17.50).
CONCLUSIONS
This study observed a high prevalence of workplace injuries and absenteeism among HWs due to WPV across hospital departments, including emergency, surgery, intensive care and gynecology & obstetrics units. Policymakers should incorporate suitable strategies into Bangladesh's national health policy to combat violence in healthcare settings.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1186/s41256-023-00316-z PMID: 37608337 PMC: PMC10463430
pubmed: 37608337
doi: 10.1186/s41256-023-00316-z
pii: 10.1186/s41256-023-00316-z
pmc: PMC10463430
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

33

Informations de copyright

© 2023. Wuhan University Global Health Institute.

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Auteurs

Md Shahjalal (M)

Global Health Institute, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. md.shahjalal3@northsouth.edu.
Department of Public Health, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. md.shahjalal3@northsouth.edu.
Research Rats, Dhaka, Bangladesh. md.shahjalal3@northsouth.edu.
ORCID: 0000-0002-2218-8433

Md Parvez Mosharaf (M)

School of Business and Centre for Health Research, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia.

Rashidul Alam Mahumud (RA)

School of Business and Centre for Health Research, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia.
Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment Unit, NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.

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