Background

Violence against health professionals is an increasing problem in Turkey. This study aims to determine the societal perception of violence, experience of violence, and the intentions to use violence against health professionals.

Methods

This descriptive study sample comprised 484 individuals. Data were collected by using the “Descriptive Information Form” and “Intentions to Use Violence against Health Professionals Scale.”

Results

Of the participants, 8.3% used violence against health professionals. Most of the participants (81.2%) stated that violence was not a solution, and 65.9% believed that health professionals did not deserve violence. Past behavior of the participants was the most influential factor on the intention to use violence (β = .473, p = 0.000).

Conclusions

More than half of the participants believed that health professionals did not deserve violence and violence was not a solution. We found that intention to use violence was affected by past experiences.

中文翻译：

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确定社会对卫生专业人员使用暴力的看法、经验和意图

背景

在土耳其，针对卫生专业人员的暴力行为是一个日益严重的问题。本研究旨在确定社会对暴力的看法、暴力经历以及对卫生专业人员使用暴力的意图。

方法

这个描述性研究样本包括 484 个人。数据是通过使用“描述性信息表”和“对卫生专业人员使用暴力的意图量表”收集的。

结果

在参与者中，8.3% 的人对卫生专业人员使用过暴力。大多数参与者 (81.2%) 表示暴力不是解决方案，65.9% 的人认为卫生专业人员不应该受到暴力。参与者过去的行为是对使用暴力意图影响最大的因素（β = .473，p  = 0.000）。

结论

超过一半的参与者认为卫生专业人员不应该受到暴力，而暴力不是解决办法。我们发现使用暴力的意图受到过去经历的影响。