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Citation

Yildiz Das G, Aydin Avci I. Med. Glas. Ljek Komore Zenicko-Doboj Kantona 2015; 12(1): 99-104.

Affiliation

Nursing Department, Samsun School of Health, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Medical Association of Zenica-Doboj Canton)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

25669345

Abstract

Aim To determine the effect of anger management levels and communication skills of emergency department staff on their frequency of being exposed to violence.

METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted in the Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey between 11 April and 15 October 2013 by using a questionnaire including descriptive features, anger management scale, and communication skills scale applied to 283 health personnel working in children and adult emergency department clinics.

RESULTS Statistically significant differences were found between the health workers' ages and their anger control levels, marital status and anger-in and anger control levels, working position and anger-in levels, and between anger-in, anger-out and anger control levels based on their level of education. Statistically significant differences were also found between age and communication levels based on the personnel's working position. Statistically significant difference between the anger-in subscale of health personnel based on their state of being exposed to violence was found (78.4% of the health workers had been exposed to violence).

CONCLUSION In the in-service programs of institutions, there should be trainings conducted about anger management and effective communication techniques so that the health personnel can be aware of their own feelings and express anger in a suitable way Key words: anger management, communication, patients.


Language: en

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