Workplace mistreatment of Swedish health care professionals: prevalence and perpetrators across profession, sex, and birth country.

IF 2.7 3区医学 Q2 HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES

BMC Health Services Research Pub Date : 2025-03-29 DOI:10.1186/s12913-025-12620-0

Britta E Gynning, Elinor Forsheden Sidoli, Katrina J Blindow, Emma Cedstrand, Erika L Sabbath, Emma Brulin

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Abstract

Background: This study explores the prevalence and co-occurrence of workplace mistreatment of nurses and physicians and their perpetrators. We explore the distribution of incivility and identity-based harassment (ethnicity-, gender-based, and/or sexual harassment), combined with sex and birth country in these two professional groups.

Methods: This cross-sectional study draws on survey data, including an analytical sample of 141,237 Swedish nurses and physicians in 2022.

Results: Incivility was the most prevalent mistreatment type, ranging from 28.2% among male physicians to 59.5% among nurses born outside Europe. Identity-based harassment ranged from 18.1% among male physicians to 57.8% among nurses born outside Europe. Incivility stemmed most commonly from internal perpetrators (co-workers), and harassment was more commonly experienced by patients or their relatives.

Conclusions: The mistreatment of healthcare professionals was widespread. Different types of mistreatment often co-occur, but prevalence varies substantially. The protective effect of professional status was dependent on social structures.

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背景：本研究探讨了护士和医生及其施暴者在工作场所遭受虐待的发生率和共同发生率。我们探讨了不礼貌行为和基于身份的骚扰（种族、性别和/或性骚扰）的分布情况，以及这两个专业群体的性别和出生国家：这项横断面研究利用了调查数据，包括对 2022 年 141237 名瑞典护士和医生的分析样本：不礼貌是最普遍的虐待类型，在欧洲以外出生的护士中，不礼貌占男医生的 28.2%，占 59.5%。基于身份的骚扰在男医生中占 18.1%，在欧洲以外出生的护士中占 57.8%。不文明行为最常见于内部肇事者（同事），而骚扰行为则更常见于患者或其亲属：医护人员遭受虐待的现象十分普遍。不同类型的虐待经常同时发生，但发生率差别很大。职业地位的保护作用取决于社会结构。

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BMC Health Services Research 医学-卫生保健

CiteScore

4.40

自引率

7.10%

发文量

1372

审稿时长

6 months

期刊介绍： BMC Health Services Research is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of health services research, including delivery of care, management of health services, assessment of healthcare needs, measurement of outcomes, allocation of healthcare resources, evaluation of different health markets and health services organizations, international comparative analysis of health systems, health economics and the impact of health policies and regulations.