@article{ref1,
title="Prevalence of workplace bullying among healthcare professionals in tertiary care hospitals in Pakistan",
journal="Evaluation and the health professions",
year="2022",
author="Kumari, Usha and Muneer, Muhammad Z. and Murtaza, Muhammad A. and Abbas, Fakhar and Sahito, Abdul M. and Hassan, Zair and Manjunath, Keerathana",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Workplace bullying (WPB) in the healthcare system (HCS), whether perpetrated by healthcare professionals (HCPs) or patients, is a serious problem. The goal of this research study was to find out how common WPB is among HCPs. We conducted a questionnaire-based cross-sectional study in the three public tertiary care hospitals of Karachi, Pakistan from May to October 2020. A validated Negative Acts Questionnaire-Revised (NAQ-R) was used to measure WPB prevalence. The final sample size was 449, out of which 72.4% were females and 27.6% were males. The majority of respondents were house officers or 1st-year trainees who had completed their MBBS (n = 252, 56.1%). Residents (n = 197, 43.9%) who were pursuing specialty training made up the remainder of the respondents. As per NAQ-R cut-offs, the prevalence of bullied, being bullied, and not bullied was 41, 29, and 30%, respectively. WPB prevalence was higher in males (53%) than females (38%), whereas it occurred more often in residents (48%) than house officers (36%). We found similar findings while using the self-reported definition for WPB. Based on our findings, we conclude that WPB is pervasive among HCPs, particularly for males and residents in tertiary care hospitals in Pakistan.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0163-2787",
doi="10.1177/01632787221098119",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/01632787221098119"
}