Prevalencia y caracterización de la violencia en los internos rotativos de medicina. Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso. Cuenca, 2019

Abstract

Background: violence is a frequent social problem that involves the deliberate use of physical force or intimidation on a person, whose repercussions can be trauma, psychological injury, developmental difficulties or death of the victim. Objective: to determine the prevalence and characterize the violence perceived by the rotating medical interns during their care-teaching practices at the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital (HVCM), 2019. Methodology: observational and descriptive study carried out in rotating internships of cohort medicine September 2018 - August 2019 and May 2019 - April 2020 with their teaching assistance practices at the HVCM. For the data collection, the survey “Workplace Violence In The Health Sector Country Case Studies Research Instruments Survey Questionnaire 2003” was used, modified to be applied to the group of interns, validated by experts and through a pilot test at Homero Castanier Hospital. The information was analyzed using the IBM SPSS Statistics 22.0 program. Results: the majority of participants are between 22 and 24 years old (70.8%), the women occupy the 59.6%. The prevalence of violence in rotating interns reaches 59% of which 45% was experienced in the clinic service, the psychological violence was the highest (87.37%) mainly by nursing staff (32.24). Despite this, 73.3% of participants admitted not knowing about policies to deal with violence. Conclusions: the prevalence of violence in rotating medical interns is high, with a higher percentage of psychological violence, similar to other studies.