A study on the intention to leave work of violence inflicted on health care professionals

Health institutions, which have a large employee group, are an area where violent incidents are common. Violence in health institutions consists of verbal, physical and sexual assault on health workers by patients and their relatives. In this study, it is aimed to reveal what kind of violence employees are exposed to, what can be done to prevent them, and which unit, duty and education level of employees show significant differences in violence encountered and turnover intentions in the health sector.The population of the research consisted ofvolunteer health workers working in the private and public sectors in Istanbul, and the sample consisted of 237 volunteerhealth workers reached by random sampling. The research was carried out with the quantitative research method. In the collection of data, questions about demographic characteristics, violence scale and intention to leave the work scale were used. SPSS package program was used in the analysis of the research data. As a result of the research, it has been determined that doctors are mostly exposed to verbal and physical violence in the health sector. It was observed that the unit where the most violence was experienced was the emergency services. When the differences regarding the intention to leave the job of the employees exposed to violence are examined; it has been determined that more intention to leave the job is seen in public sector health workers.