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BACKGROUND/OBJETIVE: According to the World Health Organization, one out of every four violent workplace acts takes place in the health setting. The aims of the study are to adapt the Healthcare-workers' Aggressive Behavior Scale-Users (HABS-U) to mental health professionals, to establish the frequency of exposure to hostile indicators and to determine which professional group is most exposed. METHOD: Study through qualitative and quantitative methodology in MH professionals of the Region of Murcia (Spain). In the qualitative phase, 12 in-depth interviews were conducted, and during the quantitative phase, the instrument was applied to 359 professionals of Mental Health Services (MHS). RESULTS: Non-medical and nursing staff were found to be the professional group most exposed, as well as Brief Psychiatric Inpatient and Medium-Stay Inpatient Services. CONCLUSION: The resulting scale shows excellent psychometric properties. The distribution of user violence is not homogeneous among the different professional groups of MHS. The adaptation of the scale may be useful to detect user violence, as well as to evaluate the efficacy of intervention programs.
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Aggression , Mental Health Services , Mental Health , Nursing Staff , Workplace Violence , Adult , Cross-Sectional Studies , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Psychometrics , SpainABSTRACT
It is estimated that one fourth of workplace violent incidents occur in the health sector. The aims of the present investigation are: a) to identify sociodemographic and work variables related to exposure to user violence in primary care professionals and b) to analyze the impact of exposure to user violence on professionals psychological well-being, job satisfaction, and empathy. An empirical study with quantitative, descriptive, and transversal methodology was carried out with a sample of 574 professionals from 39 primary-care centers. The study revealed that variables of gender, professional tenure, continued training, and professional status are significantly associated with exposure to user violence. Likewise, the results show that depending on professional status exposure to user violence, job satisfaction and professionals empathy have an impact on primary health-care workers General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) scores. In conclusion, exposure to non-physical user violence in primary-care professionals is associated with some sociodemographic and work characteristics
Se estima que una cuarta parte de los incidentes violentos laborales se producen en el ámbito sanitario. Los objetivos de la presente investigación son: a) identificar las variables sociodemográficas y laborales relacionadas con la exposición a la violencia de los usuarios en profesionales de atención primaria y b) analizar el impacto sobre el bienestar psicológico de los profesionales de la exposición a la violencia de los usuarios, la satisfacción laboral y la empatía. Se llevó a cabo un estudio empírico con metodología cuantitativa, descriptivo y transversal, con una muestra de 574 profesionales de 39 centros de atención primaria. Se observa que las variables de género, antigüedad en la profesión, formación continuada y categoría profesional se encuentran asociadas significativamente a la exposición a la violencia de los usuarios. Del mismo modo, se identifica que la exposición a las conductas violentas de los usuarios, la satisfacción laboral y la empatía de los profesionales influyen, dependiendo de la categoría profesional, en las puntuaciones de GHQ total de los trabajadores de atención primaria. En conclusión, la exposición a la violencia no física de los usuarios en los profesionales de atención primaria se asocia con ciertas características sociodemográficas y laborales
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Humans , Male , Female , Young Adult , Adult , Middle Aged , Workplace Violence/psychology , Exposure to Violence/psychology , Job Satisfaction , Empathy , Aggression/psychology , Primary Health Care/statistics & numerical data , Health Personnel/statistics & numerical data , Workplace Violence/statistics & numerical data , Exposure to Violence/statistics & numerical data , Cross-Sectional Studies , Psychometrics/instrumentationABSTRACT
Los Trastornos de Conducta Externalizantes (TCE) constituyen uno de los problemas de salud mental más comunes entre los adolescentes, y repercuten gravemente en el ámbito familiar, escolar y social. La finalidad de este estudio fue comparar adolescentes de población general sin diagnóstico de TCE con adolescentes de una muestra clínica en una serie de variables identificadas como predictoras de la de la conducta externalizada. El estudio incluyó a adolescentes con edades comprendidas entre 12-15 años de la Región de Murcia. Se empleó un diseño selectivo descriptivo y analítico, así como comparativo transversal en una muestra de 327 adolescentes, que se distribuyeron de la siguiente manera: (a) Grupo Clínico (GC), integrado por 59 participantes, y (b) Grupo General (GG), formado por 268 adolescentes. Los resultados de este estudio indican que la conducta externalizada está relacionada principalmente con la impulsividad, aunque modulada por factores relacionados con la socialización familiar y cultural del adolescente. Asimismo, los adolescentes de la muestra clínica describen los estilos parentales que reciben como más autoritarios y menos inductivos que los adolescentes de población general
Externalizing Behavior Disorders are one of the most common mental health problems among adolescents, and they have a severe impact on family, school, and social settings. The purpose of this study was to compare adolescents from the general population without an externalizing behavior diagnosis with adolescents from a clinical sample in a series of variables identified as predictors of externalizing behavior. The study included adolescents aged between 12-15 years from the Region of Murcia. A cross-sectional, descriptive, analytical design was used with a sample of 327 adolescents, who were distributed as follows: (a) Clinical Group, made up of 59 participants, and (b) General Group, made up of 268 adolescents. The results of this study indicate that externalizing behavior is mainly related to Impulsivity, although modulated by factors related to the adolescent's family and cultural socialization. The adolescents of the clinical sample described the parental styles they received as more authoritarian and less inductive than those of the adolescents from the general population
