| Abstract [eng] |
The work environment for mental health care staff is practically never safe. Staff who suffer from stress or aggression at work find it harder to focus, they make wrong decisions more often, and their ability to complete their work effectively and in time diminishes. It is necessary to project health concerns of mental health care staff and to set safer work practices by considering their strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats, and making comparative analysis between primary and secondary levels in mental health care institutions. Goal of the analysis – to test comparative analysis between the staff's safety at work at primary and secondary levels in mental health care institutions. Methods of the analysis. Comparative test was done by combining quantitative and qualitative methods of analysis. Instruments used: questionnaire and interview, statistical data processing and methods of analysis of the content. Sample size involved: 147 staff members from primary and secondary levels in mental health care institutions - in quantitative, 3 doctors, managers of mental health care institutions - in qualitative test. The test was done using ethical principals. Results. Research work data shows clearly the urgent problem in both levels of mental health care institutions, however the results of comparative analysis between mental health care centres and inpatients departments allow to assert that staff who work in mental health care in- patient departments feel more insecure than staff who work in mental health care centres. Irrespective of age, gender, qualification and work experience members of staff also suffer from psychological and physiological stress and violence. They feel irritated, emotionally exhausted, etc. This negatively affects the quality of care and quality of personal life. Conclusion. The results reflect that respondents working in secondary level mental health care institutions suffer from higher levels of violence. To prevent staff's health deteriorate, employers have to evaluate the risks in the work environment and to ascertain hazards which could result in accidents and professional illnesses. The employers should observe the risks and to foresee preventative measures and to evaluate their effects. |
