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Article

Aggression against Nursing Personnel during the First Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic: An Internet-Based Survey

by
Juan Pablo Sánchez-de la Cruz
1,
Alma Delia Genis-Mendoza
2,
María Lilia López-Narváez
1,
Thelma Beatriz González-Castro
3,
Isela Esther Juárez-Rojop
4,
Carlos Alfonso Tovilla-Zárate
1,* and
Humberto Nicolini
5,*
1
División Académica Multidisciplinaria de Comalcalco, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Comalcalco 86650, Mexico
2
Servicio de Atención Psiquiátrica, Hospital Psiquiátrico Infantil Dr. Juan N. Navarro, Mexico City 14080, Mexico
3
División Académica Multidisciplinaria de Jalpa de Méndez, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Jalpa de Méndez 86250, Mexico
4
División Académica de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Villahermosa 86100, Mexico
5
Laboratorio de Genómica de Enfermedades Psiquiátricas y Neurodegenerativas, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica, Mexico City 14610, Mexico
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Nurs. Rep. 2023, 13(4), 1388-1398; https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep13040116
Submission received: 19 June 2023 / Revised: 18 August 2023 / Accepted: 3 October 2023 / Published: 7 October 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Burnout and Nursing Care)
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Abstract

(1) Background: health care workers, particularly nurses, have been regularly assaulted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Purpose: to evaluate the prevalence and location of assaults against nursing personnel in Latin America, and to determine predictor factors for aggression against nurses. (2) Methods: A cross-sectional online survey was answered by 374 nurses working in health care during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aggression against nurses was estimated using the Victimization Scale. (3) Results: A total of 288 nurses were included in this study. The victimization scale showed that 52.1% of nurses have suffered aggression by the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic. Males were more likely to be attacked than females (p < 0.05). Additionally, males were attacked more frequently on public transport (x2 = 6.72, p = 0.01). The home neighborhood and markets were other locations with a higher risk of being assaulted (OR: 3.39, CI: 1.53–7.50). (4) Conclusions: Our results indicate that nurses in Latin America who work during the COVID-19 pandemic and social isolation have been frequently assaulted by the general public. Males are more frequently attacked than females and the main places of aggression are public transportation, their home neighborhood and supermarkets. Implications for nursing practice: it is necessary to create and implement protocols and guidelines to support nursing personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study was retrospectively registered at the Juarez Autonomous University of Tabasco (103/CIPDACS/2020) on the (08/2020).
Keywords: COVID-19; Latin America; aggression; victimization COVID-19; Latin America; aggression; victimization

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Cruz, J.P.S.-d.l.; Genis-Mendoza, A.D.; López-Narváez, M.L.; González-Castro, T.B.; Juárez-Rojop, I.E.; Tovilla-Zárate, C.A.; Nicolini, H. Aggression against Nursing Personnel during the First Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic: An Internet-Based Survey. Nurs. Rep. 2023, 13, 1388-1398. https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep13040116

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Cruz JPS-dl, Genis-Mendoza AD, López-Narváez ML, González-Castro TB, Juárez-Rojop IE, Tovilla-Zárate CA, Nicolini H. Aggression against Nursing Personnel during the First Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic: An Internet-Based Survey. Nursing Reports. 2023; 13(4):1388-1398. https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep13040116

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Cruz, Juan Pablo Sánchez-de la, Alma Delia Genis-Mendoza, María Lilia López-Narváez, Thelma Beatriz González-Castro, Isela Esther Juárez-Rojop, Carlos Alfonso Tovilla-Zárate, and Humberto Nicolini. 2023. "Aggression against Nursing Personnel during the First Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic: An Internet-Based Survey" Nursing Reports 13, no. 4: 1388-1398. https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep13040116

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Cruz, J. P. S.-d. l., Genis-Mendoza, A. D., López-Narváez, M. L., González-Castro, T. B., Juárez-Rojop, I. E., Tovilla-Zárate, C. A., & Nicolini, H. (2023). Aggression against Nursing Personnel during the First Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic: An Internet-Based Survey. Nursing Reports, 13(4), 1388-1398. https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep13040116

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