ArticleDeutsches Arzteblatt international2015
Aggression and violence against primary care physicians—a nationwide questionnaire survey.
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- Contemporary evidence of workplace violence against the primary healthcare workforce worldwide: a systematic review.Human resources for health · 2023Pooled it
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- Virtual home visits training regarding personal safety for postgraduate trainees in general practice - learning gain and feelings of anxiety with video and 360° VR applications.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Workplace Verbal Violence Toward Romanian Doctors and Nurses: Prevalence, Contributing Factors, and Psychological Correlates.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Workplace Violence Against Healthcare Professionals in Iran: A Tragic Wake-Up Call.Archives of Iranian medicine · 2025Article
- Behind the white coat: Unraveling the patterns of workplace violence in an Italian healthcare setting - An epidemiological exploration.PloS one · 2025Article
- Exploring client violence during home visits: a qualitative study of perceptions and experiences of Israeli nurses.Israel journal of health policy research · 2024Article
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- Factors associated with workplace violence against Chinese healthcare workers: an online cross-sectional survey.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Perpetrators of gender-based workplace violence amongst nurses and physicians-A scoping review of the literature.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- A gender-based review of workplace violence amongst the global health workforce-A scoping review of the literature.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Mid-level health providers (MLHPs) in delivering and improving access to primary health care services - a narrative review.Dialogues in health · 2023Review
- Reactions and perspectives of medical students on workplace violence during clinical training in Ardabil, Iran, 2020.BMC medical education · 2023Article
- Prevalence and correlates of workplace violence against medical assistants in Germany: a cross-sectional study.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- [Effects of the Risk of Recourse Claims on the Work of General Practitioners and Orthopedists - A Nationwide Survey].Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Arzte des Offentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany)) · 2023Article
- Violence Against Physicians in the Workplace: Trends, Causes, Consequences, and Strategies for Intervention.Current psychiatry reports · 2022Review
- [The most serious incident-Experiences of aggression and violence in ophthalmology].Die Ophthalmologie · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundInternational studies show that aggressive behavior against primary care physicians is not an uncommon occurrence. There has been no systematic study to date of the nature and frequency of such occurrences in Germany.
methodsA four-page questionnaire was sent to a nationwide random sample of 1500 primary care physicians. It contained questions about the type, frequency, severity, and site of aggressive behavior against the physician.
results831 (59%) of 1408 correctly delivered questionnaires could be included in the analysis. 91% of the respondents (95% confidence interval [CI], 89%-93%) said they had been the object of aggressive behavior at some time in their career as a primary care physician, 73% (95% CI, 70%-76%) in the previous 12 months. Severe aggression or violence had been experienced by 23% (95% CI, 20%-25%) in their entire career and 11% (95% CI, 8%-13%) in the previous year. The vast majority of respondents said they felt safe in their offices. 66% of female and 34% of male respondents said they did not feel safe making house visits while on on-call duty.
conclusionThe frequency and extent of aggression and violence against primary care physicians in Germany is comparable to those reported by international studies. Strategies for dealing with this problem should be developed. In particular, the issue of safety on emergency call needs to be addressed.
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