TY  - JOUR
TI  - Assessment of Relationship Between 
Physicians’ Malpractice Experience and Fear of Malpractice: 
Cross-Sectional Research
AB  - Objective: The purpose of this study is to present relationships between physician’ malpractice experiences and malpractice 
fear. Additionally, the other purpose of this study is to evaluate whether 
physicians’ malpractice fear are affected by malpractice experience and 
socio demographic characteristics. Material and Methods: The universe 
of this study consists of 567 physicians working in Gülhane Training and 
Research Hospital as of July 21, 2017 when the research was applied. 
Due to the difficulty of reaching the entire universe, it was determined to 
reach at least 229 physicians as a result of the sample calculation made 
at a 95% confidence level. A total of 248 physicians (Sample Proportion: 
44%) were surveyed by using a convenience sampling method. Descriptive statistics were indicated with frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. To evaluate relationships between the socio-demographic 
characteristics and malpractice experiences of physicians and, their malpractice fears, a structural model has been conducted in the AMOS 24 statistical software. Results: According to the analysis of the data, 
statistically significant relationships were found between the physician’s 
self-experience of malpractice and their fear of malpractice (β=0.196; 
p=0.003) and colleague-experience of malpractice and their fear of malpractice (β=0.153; p= 0.009). Within the scope of the study, it was found 
that physicians' level of malpractice fear did not differ significantly in 
terms of gender, age, and status. Conclusion: Consequently, these findings indicate that experiences of physicians with malpractice, obtained 
while performing medical practice lead to fear of malpractice, which has 
important impacts on health systems in many ways. Particularly, the effect of physicians’ own experience of malpractice on fear of malpractice 
was higher than that of their colleagues' experience of malpractice.
AU  - UĞRAK, UĞUR
AU  - Isik, Oguz
DO  - 10.5336/healthsci.2020-80713
PY  - 2022
JO  - Türkiye Klinikleri Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi
VL  - 7
IS  - 1
SN  - 2536-4391
SP  - 203
EP  - 211
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/535466
ER  -