title: [Violence undergone by the general practitioners: Under-reporting of the attacks or of the infringements to their properties].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The main objective of this study was to estimate prevalence on the liberal general practitioners. The secondary objectives are to identify the possible brakes with the declaration in the monitoring observatory for security of the doctors as well as to determine if the feminization of the profession was associated with the situations violence.
  
  
  METHODS
  A questionnaire in 5 parts was submitted by telephone to 146 drawn lots liberal general practitioners. It approached the undergone physical and verbal attacks, the infringements on the properties arisen during their career, and the proven feeling of insecurity.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The rate of participation was 63% (93/146). In all 171 incidents were reported among which 96 physical and verbal attacks (56%), and 75 infringements on the properties (44%) without difference according to the sex. The main motive for the attacks was the refusal of prescription (44%). Practically, no concerned doctor made declaration for the monitoring observatory for the security of the doctors, for lack of interest for 5 of them or the ignorance of its existence for 10 on 32 practitioners having undergone an aggression after the creation of the monitoring observatory.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We observed an under-reporting of the attacks or of the infringements on the properties by the doctors victims. Our study did not highlight difference between men and women.
authors.affiliation: CHU d'Amiens, service de médecine légale et sociale, 80000 Amiens, France.
authors.forename: Marie-Laure
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Clinet
authors.affiliation: CHU d'Amiens, service d'épidémiologie, hygiène hospitalière et santé publique, Amiens, France.
authors.forename: Benoît
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vaysse
authors.affiliation: CHU d'Amiens, service d'épidémiologie, hygiène hospitalière et santé publique, Amiens, France.
authors.forename: Maxime
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gignon
authors.affiliation: CHU d'Amiens, service de médecine légale et sociale, 80000 Amiens, France.
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Jarde
authors.affiliation: CHU d'Amiens, service de médecine légale et sociale, 80000 Amiens, France. Electronic address: manaouil.cecile@chu-amiens.fr.
authors.forename: Cécile
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Manaouil
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D058005:General Practitioners / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006792:House Calls; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D009819:Office Visits; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D000066550:Physical Abuse / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010822:Physicians, Women / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011364:Professional Practice; D012926:Social Control, Formal; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013689:Telephone; D013800:Theft; D014705:Verbal Behavior; D064450:Workplace Violence / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: General medicine; Médecine générale; Safety; Sécurité; Violence; Violence at work; Violence au travail