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Status of Violence in a Selected Faculty: The Students’ Experience

  • Mohammad Fathi , Arezoo Fallahi , Salar Sharifi , Shoaib Dehghani , Nazila Olyaei and Sina Valiee ORCID logo EMAIL logo
Published/Copyright: January 5, 2018

Abstract

The present study is aimed at examining the status of violence among the students of nursing, midwifery, and operating room. A self-reporting questionnaire with two sections of demographic characteristics and experience of violence was used. The data obtained were analyzed, using SPSS software. 58.7 percent of the students had a history of violence in the previous year. The maximum percentage of violence exposure belonged to the students of operating room (76.9%). The highest incidence of violence was verbal (76.4%), happened in patients’ rooms (32.9%) and was in the form of insult (75.1%). Accordingly, preventive actions are required to prevent and control violence and support students. Informing students about violence, communicative skills, reaction, and coping with violence during studying is necessary. Therefore, educational authorities and theoretical and clinical instructors should take appropriate measures in order to prevent violence and create supportive mechanisms for the students.

Funding statement: This study was supported by the research fund of the Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences.

Acknowledgments

The current study has been approved by Research Council of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences no.1395.102. The researchers hereby express their utmost appreciation toward all the students, whose participation made the doing of this research possible. The authors wish to express their gratitude to Vice Chancellor for Research & Technology, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran.

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Received: 2016-11-05
Revised: 2017-10-28
Accepted: 2017-11-28
Published Online: 2018-01-05

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