Abstract
Background: During SARS-CoV2 pandemic, patients are becoming more aggressive against health care workers when seeking their demands. Violence against Health care workers is of multifactor, and a one that strongly has associated is their burnout syndrome. Objectives: The aim of this study was to draw a conclusion from the previous literatures about the association of violence against HCWs and their burnout syndrome. Also to find out other associated factors and solutions for this phenomenon. Results: HCWs are subjected to stressful situations and high pressure; of highly infectious diseases (SARS-CoV2), shortage of PPE, working for more than 24 hours’ duty, without payment or reward, difficulties in the workplace and a poor hospital administration; all’s can lead to burnout syndrome. On the other hand, patient’s demand for the high expectations of their needs and attendants' (co-patients) fearfulness, anxiousness about their patient fate. Also, patient or co-patients believes on a doctor to be the only savior, so any unexpected behavior or un sympathy from the burned-out HCWs can result in aggressiveness and violence. Conclusion: The high prevalence of burnout syndrome among HCWs has become a global issue. A real attempt should be made focusing on the radical solution of the problem of burnout syndrome, rather than to enact laws to punish the aggressors against HCWs.
Highlights
Violence against Health Care Workers (HCWs) has been frequently raised recently and represents an uprising bending problem
Stakeholders, policymakers, healthcare authorities, and even the communities are all keeping distance and watching the repeated aggressions against HCWs without any action to find out a radical solution to the problem
An increasing numbers of patients attending different hospitals for emergencies, including known or unknown cases of SARS-CoV2 were allowed to be attended, which led to a knockout of many hospitals that went out of the services and the quarantining of contacted HCWs. This critical situation puts a burden on the HCWs and healthcare facilities to meet the standards when only emergencies are being managed through limited resources. Another issue is the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the country, making the HCWs extremely vulnerable to the SARS-CoV2 infection
Summary
Violence against HCWs has been frequently raised recently and represents an uprising bending problem It jeopardizes the quality of healthcare services and can affect the self-satisfaction of both patients and healthcare providers. This critical situation puts a burden on the HCWs and healthcare facilities to meet the standards when only emergencies are being managed through limited resources Another issue is the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the country, making the HCWs extremely vulnerable to the SARS-CoV2 infection. The result will be a burnout syndrome among HCWs, while patient reaction and response will be violent against them This short communication highlights the possible association of burnout syndrome among HCWs with the violence against them, and what needs to be done?
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