Características del maltrato hacia estudiantes de medicina de una universidad pública del Perú

Objectives. To determine the characteristics of mistreatment among medical students at a public university in the province Ica, Peru. Materials and methods. This cross-sectional study was performed in 2012, and used a probability sample of medical students (freshman to sixth year) at the Universid...

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Main Authors: Munayco Guillén, Fernando, Cámara Reyes, Anaís, Muñoz Tafur, L. Jaime, Arroyo Hernández, Hugo, Mejia, Christian R., Lem Arce, Felix, Miranda Soberón, Ubaldo E.
Other Authors: fernando.munayco.guillen@gmail.com
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud (INS) 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10757/604534
http://repositorioacademico.upc.edu.pe/upc/handle/10757/604534
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Summary:Objectives. To determine the characteristics of mistreatment among medical students at a public university in the province Ica, Peru. Materials and methods. This cross-sectional study was performed in 2012, and used a probability sample of medical students (freshman to sixth year) at the Universidad Nacional San Luis Gonzaga. A 23-item survey with a Likert scale was used to measure the students' perceptions of psychological, physical, academic and sexual mistreatment. Univariate and bivariate statistical analysis were performed. Results. A total of 281 students were surveyed. The perception of psychological mistreatment was 96.8%; academic, 86.8%; physical, 62.6% and sexual, 20.6%. Physical abuse increased during the clinical-surgical study cicle (p = 0.001). Medical doctors and residents were the main aggressors. Male students reported of receiving assignments as a punishment, not receiving credits for their work, physical mistreatment, verbal threats, insults, or being teased because of their etnic background. Female students were more likely to have experienced sexual abuse. Report of sexual abuse frequently ocurred at the university (45.3%, p=0.002) and hospital (45.0%, p=0.046). Women frequently reported not knowing to whom or where to denounce the abuse (54.6%, p=0.042) and not reporting it because it stopped (56.9%, p=0.048). Conclusions. There is a high prevalence of abuse among students in which their characteristics as sex, level of study and aggressor allow to identify the types of abuse that they receive. === Objetivos. Determinar las características del maltrato hacia estudiantes de Medicina de una universidad pública en la provincia de Ica, Perú. Materiales y métodos. Investigación transversal realizada el 2012 en una muestra probabilística de estudiantes de Medicina de primer a sexto año de la Universidad Nacional San Luis Gonzaga. Se elaboró una encuesta con un total de 23 ítems en una escala likert, para medir la percepción de maltrato de tipo psicológico, físico, académico y sexual; se usaron análisis estadísticos univariados y bivariados. Resultados. Se encuestaron 281 estudiantes. La percepción de maltrato psicológico fue 96,8%, académico 86,8%, físico 62,6% y sexual 20,6%; el maltrato físico se incrementó durante el ciclo de estudio clínico-quirúrgico (p=0,001). Los médicos docentes y médicos residentes fueron los principales agresores. Estudiantes hombres reportaron con mayor frecuencia haber recibido tareas como castigo, no recibir los créditos por su trabajo, maltrato físico, amenazas verbales, insultos o recibir burlas con respecto a su etnia; mientras que el maltrato sexual fue mayor en mujeres. El reporte de maltrato sexual fue más frecuente en la universidad (45,3%, p=0,002) y el hospital (45,0%, p=0,046). Las mujeres reportaron con mayor frecuencia no saber a quién o dónde acudir para denunciar el maltrato (54,6%, p=0,042) y no denunciarlo porque se detuvo el maltrato (56,9%, p=0,048). Conclusiones. Existe una alta prevalencia de maltrato, donde las características de los estudiantes según el sexo, los ciclos de estudio y el agresor permiten identificar los tipos de maltrato que reciben los estudiantes de medicina.