J M Carmona-Torres1,2, B Recio-Andrade3, M A Rodríguez-Borrego1,4,5. 1. Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC), Córdoba, Spain. 2. E. U. Enfermería y Fisioterapia de Toledo, Universidad de Castilla la Mancha (UCLM), Toledo, Toledo, Spain. 3. Hospital Virgen de la Salud de Toledo, Toledo, Spain. 4. Departamento de Enfermería, Facultad de Medicina y Enfermería, Universidad de Córdoba (UCO), Córdoba, Spain. 5. Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía de Córdoba (HURS), Córdoba, Spain.
Abstract
AIM: To estimate the prevalence of intimate partner abuse in physicians, nurses and nursing assistants and risk factors in the Spanish Health Service. BACKGROUND: In Spain, the national public health service is the most likely point of primary care access for victims of intimate partner violence. However, health professionals are also victims of violence by their intimate partner. Little research has been undertaken exploring the prevalence and risk factors of this abuse in health professionals. METHODS: A cross-sectional multicenter study in professionals of both sexes who were working in the Spanish Public Health Service was performed. The health professionals completed an online survey of intimate violence abuse: for women, the screening of abuse against women by an intimate partner, and for men, the domestic violence screening tool in a family setting. A descriptive and comparative analysis was performed. RESULTS: The sample consisted of 1071 professionals: 49.9% were physicians, 46.9% were nurses and 3.3% were nursing assistants. Of the participants, 26.6% had experienced some form of abuse, and 73.3% of the abused professionals had not spoken of their experience of abuse with anyone else. CONCLUSION: Men experienced a lower incidence of intimate partner violence than women. In fact, 34% of the female participants were in an abusive relationship, which is a higher percentage than that observed in studies of the general Spanish female population (11.7%). It appears that being female and a nurse are risk factors for abuse. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING AND HEALTH POLICY: These data suggest the urgent implementation of action plans for the provision of support for the victims and for interventions aimed at reducing the problem. Better training and awareness-raising programmes that improve the detection of intimate partner violence and the care of its victims are also necessary.
AIM: To estimate the prevalence of intimate partner abuse in physicians, nurses and nursing assistants and risk factors in the Spanish Health Service. BACKGROUND: In Spain, the national public health service is the most likely point of primary care access for victims of intimate partner violence. However, health professionals are also victims of violence by their intimate partner. Little research has been undertaken exploring the prevalence and risk factors of this abuse in health professionals. METHODS: A cross-sectional multicenter study in professionals of both sexes who were working in the Spanish Public Health Service was performed. The health professionals completed an online survey of intimate violence abuse: for women, the screening of abuse against women by an intimate partner, and for men, the domestic violence screening tool in a family setting. A descriptive and comparative analysis was performed. RESULTS: The sample consisted of 1071 professionals: 49.9% were physicians, 46.9% were nurses and 3.3% were nursing assistants. Of the participants, 26.6% had experienced some form of abuse, and 73.3% of the abused professionals had not spoken of their experience of abuse with anyone else. CONCLUSION: Men experienced a lower incidence of intimate partner violence than women. In fact, 34% of the female participants were in an abusive relationship, which is a higher percentage than that observed in studies of the general Spanish female population (11.7%). It appears that being female and a nurse are risk factors for abuse. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING AND HEALTH POLICY: These data suggest the urgent implementation of action plans for the provision of support for the victims and for interventions aimed at reducing the problem. Better training and awareness-raising programmes that improve the detection of intimate partner violence and the care of its victims are also necessary.
Authors: Chidebe Christian Anikwe; Osita Samuel Umeononihu; Ifeyinwa Helen Anikwe; Cyril Chijioke Ikeoha; George U Eleje; Richard Lawrence Ewah; Bartholomew Chukwunonye Okorochukwu; Basil Izuchukwu Nwokoye; Christian Okechukwu Ogah; Okoroafor Francis Chigozie Journal: SAGE Open Nurs Date: 2021-11-24
Authors: Elisabeth Lucchi-Angellier; Jean-Christophe Mino; Alexis Burnod; Paul Cottu; Laurence Bozec; Laurence Escalup; Louise Massing; Marc Papon; Philippe Rizand; Pierre Fumoleau; Carole Bouleuc Journal: Bull Cancer Date: 2021-06-26 Impact factor: 1.276