Annexure 2
Questionnaire A:
(TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO MEDICAL STUDENTS)
1. Have you experienced an incident of Work place violence first hand or observed it in your clinical postings?
- A. Yes B. No
2. Would you report such an incident?
- A. Yes B. No
3. Are you aware of provisions in the Indian law or about IPCs under which such violent actions are punishable by law?
- A. Yes B. No
4. Do you feel such provisions/laws are efficacious in preventing violence against doctors?
- A. Yes B. No C. Not sure.
5. In your opinion the prevalence of violence against doctors is:
- A. Limited to India
- B. Also prevalent in other developing countries
- C. Prevalent in developed and developing countries alike.
- D. Not sure.
6. In your opinion what are the causes of violence against doctors? (Rank the following in order of most to least probable cause where 1 is most probable while 7 is least probable)
| Rising distrust amongst the patients towards doctors | |
| Increased patient load – decreased doctor: patient ratio | |
| Easy accessibility of medical information on the internet | |
| Uneducated patients | |
| Impact of media on patient perception of doctors | |
| Rising cost of healthcare | |
| atient characteristics such as intoxication, acute psychosis or delirium, and drug-seeking behavior |
7. In your opinion, will introduction of ethics and attitude in the course curriculum be efficacious in empowering young doctors to deal with such instances?
- A. Yes B. No C. Not sure
8. In your opinion, who was at fault in the first case shown?
- A. Doctor B. Relative C. Both D. None
- 9. What would you have done in case you were in place of the doctor in the first clip?
- A. Same as shown in the clip.
- B. I would’ve attended the patient immediately.
- C. I would’ve asked a fellow colleague to attend to the patient.
- D. Any other _____________
10. Why do you think the doctor did not explain all the possible complications to the patient in the second clip?
- A. He did not want to frighten the patient unnecessarily.
- B. He did not deem it necessary.
- C. He didn’t want to lose the patient to another centre.
- D. All of the above.
11. Was the doctor right in not explaining the possible complications in second video clip?
- A. Yes. B. No. C. Not sure.
12. In your opinion, had the doctor explained all the complications to the patient, such a situation could’ve been avoided?
- A. Yes B. No. C. Not sure.
13. What was could have been the aggravating factor that led to violence in the second clip?
- A. Lack of complete information about complications.
- B. Increasing hospital bill.
- C. Distrust towards the doctor.
- D. Any other______________
14. In your opinion, what is the correct response to a patient/relative’s aggression?
- A. Respond back with aggression
- B. Ignore the patient’s action
- C. Counselling and empathy
- D. Call the security
- E. Any other____________
15. Suggest some measures which can be implemented to prevent health care related work place violence.
Questionnaire B:
(TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO NURSING STUDENTS)
1. Have you experienced such an incident of Workplace violence first hand or observed it in your clinical postings?
- A. Yes B. No
2. Would you report such an incident?
- A. Yes B. No
3. Are you aware of provisions in the Indian law or about IPCs under which such violent actions are punishable by law?
- A. Yes B. No
4. Do you feel such provisions/laws are efficacious in preventing violence against healthcare workers?
- A. Yes B. No C. Not sure.
5. In your opinion the prevalence of violence against nurses is:
- A. Limited to India
- B. Also prevalent in other developing countries only
- C. Prevalent in developed and developing countries alike.
- D. Not sure.
6. In your opinion what are the causes of violence against nurses? (Rank the following in order of most to least probable cause where 10 is most probable while 1 is least probable)
| Patient frustration pertaining to hospital policy | |
| Understaffed healthcare workers | |
| Increased patient load – decreased nurse: patient ratio | |
| Rising cost of healthcare | |
| Biased mindset of patients | |
| Patient characteristics such as intoxication, acute psychosis or delirium, and drug-seeking behavior | |
| Long waiting hours for the patient | |
| Decreased quality of healthcare | |
| Uneducated patients | |
| Impact of media on patient perception about healthcare workers |
7. In your opinion, will introduction of ethics and attitude in the course curriculum be efficacious in empowering young nurses to deal with such instances?
- A. Yes B. No C. Not sure
8. In your opinion, who was at fault in the video clip shown?
- A. Nurse B. Relative C. Both D. None
9. What would you have done in case you were in place of the nurse as in the shown video clip?
- A. Same as shown in the clip.
- B. I would’ve asked the relative to leave immediately without trying to reason with her.
- C. I would’ve allowed the relative to feed the patient from her tiffin.
- D. Any other _____________
10. In your opinion, what is the correct response to a patient/relative’s aggression?
- A. Respond back with aggression
- B. Ignore the patient’s action
- C. Counselling and empathy
- D. Call the security
- E. Any other____________
11. Suggest some measures to prevent health care related work place violence.