Speaking up behaviours of professional working in clinical institutions regarding (sexualized) violence against patients

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00033566

Enrollment

200

Registered

2024-02-15

Start date

2024-02-21

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-10-06

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Conditions

Professional misconduct, (sexual) assaults and (sexual) violence against patients

Interventions

Group 1: Professinals working in clinical institutions are assessed in a cross-sectional survey how often they observed professional (sexual) misconduct against patients, how often they spoke up about

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Professionals working in a clinical institution

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Professionals not working in a clinical institution

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Self-reported likelihood of speaking up in future situations when professional misconduct is observed, assessed with a 7-point Likert-scale regarding 11 self constructed scenarios.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Frequency of diverse reasons for not speaking up, assessed with a modified version of the Employment Silence Scale (26 items, 7-point Likert-scale).	—

Countries

Austria, Germany, Switzerland

Contacts

Public ContactUlrike Hoffmann

Universitätsklinikum Ulm

ulrike.hoffmann@uniklinik-ulm.de00491733481201

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026