Sexual Harassment Toward Hospital Staff by Patients or Their Family Members in a Japanese General Hospital

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  • 中規模総合病院における患者および患者家族から職員に対するセクシュアルハラスメントの実態調査
  • 中規模総合病院における患者および患者家族から職員に対するセクシュアルハラスメントの実態調査 : 相談行動の阻害要因も含めた検討
  • チュウキボ ソウゴウ ビョウイン ニ オケル カンジャ オヨビ カンジャ カゾク カラ ショクイン ニ タイスル セクシュアルハラスメント ノ ジッタイ チョウサ : ソウダン コウドウ ノ ソガイ ヨウイン モ フクメタ ケントウ
  • —An Examination Including Inhibitory Factors of Help-seeking Behavior—
  • ̶相談行動の阻害要因も含めた検討̶

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<p>In hospitals, sexual harassment toward staff by patients or their family members is an especially critical issue. Therefore, we conducted a cross-sectional survey on 478 staff members— across both genders and all ranges of medical professionals— from a hospital in the Chugoku region of Japan. Results revealed that 42.7% of staff had been sexually harassed by patients or their family members; the nature of the sexual harassment varied. The results of logistic regression analysis showed that sexual harassment acts such as “remark about appearance” for nursing or care staff; “hugs” and “dirty talk” for rehabilitation workers; and “sexual questions” for clerical workers are more common compared to other occupations. Furthermore, 46.5% of the victims did not ask for any advice or assistance, at the time of the incident or afterward, for various reasons such as : “It was meaningless to seek help,” and “I thought I just had to endure it.” The results of this study suggest that: 1) a more appropriate understanding of the actual situation is possible by not defining occupations and gender, and by presenting definitions and specific examples of sexual harassment; 2) effective strategies for promoting help-seeking behavior should be examined based on each inhibitory factor.</p>

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