Browsing by Author "Deveci S.E."

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    Experience of workplace violence during medical speciality training in Turkey
    (2008) Acik Y.; Deveci S.E.; Gunes G.; Gulbayrak C.; Dabak S.; Saka G.; Vural G.; Can G.; Bilgin N.G.; Dundar P.E.; Erguder T.; Tokdemir M.
    Aims: To determine the type, extent and effects of workplace violence among residents during postgraduate speciality training in various departments of medical schools in Turkey. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in seven medical schools representing all geographical regions of Turkey. All physicians in speciality training in the selected medical schools were asked to complete a semi-structured 'violence questionnaire' addressing the type (emotional, physical and sexual) and extent of violence experienced, the perpetrators of the violence and the victim's reactions to the experience. Results: A total of 1712 residents out of 2442 completed the questionnaire. In all, 68% indicated they had experienced some form of workplace violence, 67% had experienced verbal violence, 16% had experienced physical violence and 3% had experienced sexual violence. The victims' most prevalent reactions to violence included being deeply disturbed but feeling they had to cope with it for the sake of their career (39%), being distressed (26%) but considering that such events are common in all occupations and discounting it and being confused and bewildered and unsure how to respond (19%). The most frequently named perpetrators of verbal violence were relatives/friends of patients (36%) and academic staff (36%), followed by other residents/senior residents (21%), patients (20%), heads of department (13%) and non-medical hospital staff (6%). Conclusions: Physicians in speciality training in medical schools in Turkey are subject to significant verbal, physical or sexual violence. Precautions to prevent such exposure are urgently needed. © The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Occupational Medicine. All rights reserved.
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    Work-related tension, using the methods of overcoming the stress and the affecting factors in emergency staff; [Acil sağlık çalışanlarında işe bağlı gerginlik, stresle başa çıkma yollarını kullanma durumu ve etkileyen faktörler]
    (Turkiye Klinikleri, 2016) Açik Y.; Yiğitbaş Ç.; Bulut A.; Deveci S.E.; Pirinçci E.; Oğuzöncül A.F.; Ozan A.T.; Demirbağ B.C.; Arin E.; Rahman S.
    Objective: The purpose of the study is to determine work-related tension, using the methods of overcoming the stress and the affecting factors in emergency staff Material and Methods: The universe of the study in descriptive type is consisted of health team members in institutions rendering emergency health service belong to public sector in Turkey. Turkey was divided into 4 clusters (east, west, south and north) by taking the geographical settlement areas into consideration and a province was selected from each cluster in random. The number of people within the scope of the research is 769 and 560 people was reached (response rate is 72.82%). Approval of ethical committee and written permissions were acquired from the related institutions before the research. There are questions including the demographic characteristics of the participants and their opinions on the job in first section of the form in which data were gathered, and “Work-Related Tension Scale-WRTS” in the second section, and “Overcoming the Stress Scale-OSS” in the third section. The data were recorded in statistical program. The averages were given with standard deviations and p<0.05 was accepted as meaningful. Frequency analysis was carried out in the evaluation of the data and, Mann Whitney U test, Kruskall Wallis test and Spearman Correlation Analysis were implemented. Results: Average of age of the participants was 29.71±7.92 years. WRTS point average was 49.80±5.92 and was found high in young people, having low education level, in emergency medical technicians (EMT), the ones working on contract, having negative point of view against the occupation (p<0.05). OSS point average of the participants was 56.56±11.23. Conclusion: It was detected that WRTS point average in the participants was over scale point average and OSS point average was under scale point average. In health personnel rendering emergency service; service and training studies that will increase the level of using overcoming the stress methods, decrease the work-related tension and improve affecting factors should be given priority. © 2016 by Türkiye Klinikleri.