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COMPARISON OF VIOLENCE AND AGGRESSIONS SUFFERED BY HEALTH PERSONNEL DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN ARGENTINA AND THE REST OF LATIN AMERICA.
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Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública . 2023, Vol. 40 Issue 2, p179-188. 10p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Objectives. To explore the frequency and impact of violence against healthcare workers in Argentina and to compare it with the rest of their Latin American peers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted by applying an electronic survey on Latin American medical and non-medical personnel who carried out health care tasks since March 2020. We used Poisson regression to estimate crude (PR) and adjusted (aPR) Prevalence Ratios with their respective 95% confidence intervals. Results. A total of 3544 participants from 19 countries answered the survey; 1992 (56.0%) resided in Argentina. Of these, 62.9% experienced at least one act of violence; 97.7% reported verbal violence and 11.8% physical violence. Of those who were assaulted, 41.5% experienced violence at least once a week. Health personnel from Argentina experienced violence more frequently than those from other countries (62.9% vs. 54.6%, p<0.001), and these events were more frequent and stressful (p<0.05). In addition, Argentinean health personnel reported having considered changing their healthcare tasks and/or desired to leave their profession more frequently (p<0.001). In the Poisson regression, we found that participants from Argentina had a higher prevalence of violence than health workers from the region (14.6%; p<0.001). Conclusions. There was a high prevalence of violence against health personnel in Argentina during the COVID-19 pandemic. These events had a strong negative impact on those who suffered them. Our data suggest that violence against health personnel may have been more frequent in Argentina than in other regions of the continent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- *VIOLENCE
*MEDICAL personnel
*COVID-19 pandemic
*MEDICAL care
*POISSON regression
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17264634
- Volume :
- 40
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 169960987
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2023.402.12646