Predictors of violence against health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil: A cross-sectional study

The increase in violence against health professionals in the COVID-19 pandemic makes it necessary to identify the predictors of violence, in order to prevent these events from happening. Evaluating the prevalence and analyzing the variables involved in the occurrence of violence against health profe...

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Published in:PloS one 2021-06, Vol.16 (6), p.e0253398-e0253398
Main Authors: Bitencourt, Mariá Romanio, Alarcão, Ana Carolina Jacinto, Silva, Lincoln Luís, Dutra, Amanda de Carvalho, Caruzzo, Nayara Malheiros, Roszkowski, Igor, Bitencourt, Marcos Rogério, Marques, Vlaudimir Dias, Pelloso, Sandra Marisa, Carvalho, Maria Dalva de Barros
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Language:English
Subjects:
Biology and Life Sciences
Crimes against
Epidemics
Forecasts and trends
Medical personnel
Medicine and Health Sciences
People and places
Prevention
Psychological aspects
Science Policy
Social aspects
Social networks
Social Sciences
Violence
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Summary:The increase in violence against health professionals in the COVID-19 pandemic makes it necessary to identify the predictors of violence, in order to prevent these events from happening. Evaluating the prevalence and analyzing the variables involved in the occurrence of violence against health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. This is a cross-sectional study conducted online involving Brazilian health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic. The data were collected through a structured questionnaire (Google Online Form) sent to health professionals on social networks and analyzed through logistic regression by using sociodemographic variables. The set of grouped variables was assigned to the final model when p
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0253398