Table 7.
Ways of preventing workplace violence
| Ways of preventing workplace violence | Frequency, n (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic sciences (n=32) | Clinical-medical (n=241) | Surgical (n=80) | Junior residents (n=155) | Senior residents (n=116) | Faculty (n=82) | Total frequency (n=353) | |
| Adequate number of professional and paraprofessional staffs | 27 (68.8) | 185 (79.8) | 60 (75.0) | 113 (72.9) | 91 (78.4) | 63 (76.8) | 267 (75.6) |
| Having counselor to handle minor queries of patients | 17 (53.1) | 154 (63.9) | 58 (72.5) | 97 (62.6) | 69 (59.5) | 63 (76.8) | 229 (64.9) |
| Strengthening and implementing the existing laws regarding the violence against the doctors | 19 (59.4) | 156 (64.7) | 45 (56.3) | 100 (64.5) | 66 (56.9) | 54 (65.9) | 220 (62.3) |
| Adequate number of security personnel | 19 (59.4) | 138 (57.3) | 40 (50.0) | 84 (54.2) | 61 (52.6) | 52 (63.4) | 197 (55.8) |
| Giving time out/breaks during the working hours | 16 (50.0) | 131 (54.4) | 50 (62.5) | 90 (58.1) | 66 (56.9) | 41 (50.0) | 197 (55.8) |
| Restricting the number of patients in OPD | 13 (40.6) | 116 (48.1) | 55 (68.8) | 72 (46.5) | 59 (50.9) | 53 (64.6) | 184 (52.1) |
| Improving the infrastructure | 15 (46.9) | 125 (51.9) | 37 (46.3) | 70 (45.1) | 55 (47.4) | 52 (63.4) | 177 (50.1) |
| Having proper display boards - noting the consequences of workplace violence for the perpetrator | 12 (37.5) | 122 (50.6) | 46 (57.5) | 74 (47.7) | 59 (50.9) | 47 (57.3) | 180 (51.0) |
| To develop a protocol for reporting violence and for further action | 12 (37.5) | 116 (48.1) | 37 (46.3) | 66 (42.6) | 52 (44.8) | 47 (57.3) | 165 (46.7) |
| Restricting the number of patients in the emergency OPD | 9 (28.1) | 115 (47.7) | 25 (31.3) | 60 (38.7) | 47 (40.5) | 42 (51.2) | 149 (42.2) |
| Restrict the visiting hours for relatives of the patient | 9 (28.1) | 88 (36.5) | 28 (35.0) | 58 (36.1) | 36 (31.0) | 33 (40.2) | 125 (35.4) |
| Adequate training and supervision | 11 (34.4) | 68 (28.2) | 23 (28.7) | 34 (21.9) | 27 (23.3) | 41 (50.0) | 102 (28.9) |
| Reducing the pressure of academics | 11 (34.4) | 62 (25.7) | 20 (25.0) | 45 (29.0) | 33 (28.4) | 15 (18.3) | 93 (26.3) |
| Reducing the pressure of thesis | 5 (6.0) | 56 (23.2) | 22 (27.5) | 49 (31.6) | 24 (20.7) | 10 (12.2) | 83 (23.5) |
OPD – Outpatient department