Violência no trabalho vivenciada por profissionais de enfermagem atuantes em unidades hospitalares

Abstract

Violence at work is a public health problem, to which health workers, especially nursing professionals, are exposed. Objective: To identify the prevalence of violence at work that affects nursing professionals working in the hospital area of the 8th Health Region of Paraná and relate the professional profile variables with the phenomenon. This is an exploratory, descriptive, correlational, field research, of a quantitative nature, carried out with nursing professionals working in hospital units of the 8th Health Region of Paraná, using a sociodemographic questionnaire and a validated instrument, entitled Questionnaire to Assess Violence at Work Suffered or Witnessed by Nursing Workers. Data analysis occurred by descriptive and relative frequency, to verify the factors associated with different types of violence at work, the Chi-square test with Yates continuity correction was used. 218 nursing professionals participated in the sample, of which 44.0% reported having suffered violence at work, 11.9% mentioned physical violence, 47.7% mentioned verbal abuse and 2.8%, sexual harassment . When the association was carried out, it was observed that professionals over 30 years old and who work overtime suffer more violence when compared to other professionals. The findings of this study demonstrated the prevalence of violence at work and the need to implement measures and protocols that can reduce the incidence of cases.