Effect of Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Health Personnel Working in Emergency Medicine Clinic on Their Anger Styles and Aggression
| Autor: | Serpil Kayalı, Meral Kurt Durmuş, Acar Aren, Özgül Akça, Yasemin Melek Tan |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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| Zdroj: | İstanbul Medical Journal, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 18-21 (2018) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2619-9793 2148-094X |
| DOI: | 10.5152/imj.2018.25902 |
| Popis: | Introduction: The necessity of anger or aggression control of the emergency nurses and other health personnel might play an important role in reducing emergency violence. In the present study, we aimed to demonstrate the effect of socio-demographic characteristics of health personnel working in the emergency department (ED) on their anger and aggression levels.Methods: Twenty-four health personnel of ED (20 nurses, 1 public health, 2 medical officer, and 1 ATT) voluntarily participated in the present study. A survey was conducted face-to-face with “Aggression Scale” forms. Researchers applied socio-demographic questions, “Constant anger- Anger Style Scale,” “Buss-Durkee Aggression Scale,” and “personal information form“ to the health personnel working in ED. Analysis of the relationship between the variables in the study was analyzed by SPSS data method.Results: The average age of the respondents was 29 years, 58% were women, and 41.7% were working for >7 years. A total of 50% worked 1-3 years in ED. They apply the most verbal attacks. Anger level showed no differences according to education levels (p>0.05). Constant anger was high in the groups working |
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