@Article{Jankowiak2011,
journal="Nursing Problems / Problemy Pielęgniarstwa",
issn="1233-9989",
volume="19",
number="3",
year="2011",
title="Subjection of midwives to psycho-social threats occurring in the workplace",
abstract=" Introduction . Professional health threats to midwives, both biological and psycho-social, are a serious and vastly underestimated medical and social issue and not eliminated in the course of time may lead to health loss.   The aim of the study . Identify the psycho-social factors occurring within the working environment of midwives and the assessment of their influence on the midwives\’ health.   Material and methods . Research were conducted among 300 randomly selected midwives working within the out-patient health care and hospital health care in the Podlassia Voivodship. Research utilized the Work Quality Assessment questionnaire and the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ28).   Results . The psychological factors of professional risk for midwives were burnout (62%), aggression (40%), excessive amount of professional duties (38%). More than a half of the subjects have heard threats from their patients. According to the questioned group 89% of midwives are subjected to stress in the workplace.   Conclusions . As a result of conducted research it has been proven that midwives suffer from the burnout syndrome, resulting from various factors. The results of night and shift work are tiredness, sleeping disorders and social behaviour disorders. Stress has a great influence on the midwives\’ work, as well as on their biological functioning. Midwives are also subjected to aggression from patients and patient families.   Nursing Topics 2011; 19 (3): 303\–306",
author="Jankowiak, Barbara
and Krajewska-Kułak, Elżbieta
and Klimaszewska, Krystyna
and Damme, Katarzyna Ostapowicz Van
and Kowalewska, Beata",
pages="303--306",
url="https://www.termedia.pl/Narazenie-poloznych-na-zagrozenia-psychospoleczne-wystepujace-w-miejscu-pracy,134,35060,1,1.html"
}