The Effect of Healthcare Workers' Suffering Violence on their Organizational Commitment During the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Case of Türkiye
Özet
Purpose: The rate of violence that increased in the healthcare sector
in recent years increased more during the COVID-19 pandemic. This
situation caused several problems like depression, anxiety, and
professional and organizational commitment among healthcare
workers. This study aims to determine whether healthcare workers who
worked for State and Private Hospitals in Şanlıurfa, Turkey, suffered
any type of violence (verbal, physical, and sexual) at least one time
during the pandemic and the effect of this incident on the
organizational commitment level of healthcare workers.
Methods: This descriptive study was conducted between 01.02.2022
and 30.05.2022, and 408 healthcare workers on duty participated
and completed the questionnaire.
Results: 70.6% of the healthcare workers stated they suffered
violence during the COVID-19 pandemic. When examining the type
of violence that healthcare workers suffered, 52.9% of them stated
they suffered verbal violence, 4.2% of them stated they suffered
physical violence, and 24% of those stated they suffered both verbal
and physical violence. The rate of those who did not suffer violence
was 18.9%.
Conclusion: That the regression coefficient was negative means that
there was a negative relationship between the level of violence and
the loyalty of workers; as the level of violence increased, the level of
worker loyalty decreased, or similarly, as the level of violence
decreased, the level of worker loyalty increased. In other words, it
was expected that a 1-unit decrease in the level of violence would
lead to a 0.260-unit increase in the level of worker loyalty.