Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse Among Female Nurses and Nursing Personnel: Prevalence and Risk Factors

Abstract

This study examines the prevalence and risk factors for intimate partner violence (IPV) and intimate partner abuse (IPA) against female nurses and nursing personnel (n = 1981). Data were collected through online surveys conducted at three hospitals and one geriatric care center in a Mid-Atlantic US metropolitan area. Lifetime physical or sexual IPV was reported by 25% of participants and 22.8% reported experiencing lifetime emotional abuse by an intimate partner. Logistic regression analyses identified independent variables statistically related to IPV and IPA, including increased age, having children, not being married, and experiences of childhood abuse. Implications for women in the workplace are discussed.

Intimate partner violence among health professionals: distribution by autonomous communities in Spain

“…Thus, there seems to be a mismatch between the prevalence of violence and reported cases, in accordance with other studies conducted in Spain (21) . The prevalence obtained was similar to that of other studies conducted with health professionals in other countries: a study in Jordan found that 59% of the nurses had suffered psychological IPV (6) ; a study in the United States found that 25% of the nurses had suffered IPV (4) . The origin of the differences regarding prevalence of IPV in the different autonomous communities could be due to sociocultural differences or unequal development of gender equality and violence programs, among other causes (9,22) .…”

“…Only one study has been conducted in Spain focused exclusively on nursing staff, and it demonstrated the severity of the problem: 33% of the studied female nurses had experienced IPV (3,5) . The high prevalence found in that study corroborates the international literature, such as in the United States (4) and Jordan (6) , although there is a paucity of studies on the phenomenon among health professionals. Considering the above, it is important to determine the prevalence of IPV among health professionals, since health services usually assist IPV victims.…”

“…The World Health Organization has recognized IPV to be a public health and human rights issue (2) . This phenomenon is present among all social groups and has been recently documented within the nursing category (3)(4)(5)(6) . Healthcare services are a natural point of entry for possible victims (7)(8) , and health professionals tend to represent their first point of contact with the system.…”

“…Considering the above, it is important to determine the prevalence of IPV among health professionals, since health services usually assist IPV victims. Furthermore, these studies (4,6) have also emphasized that the experience of health professionals with IPV can help them to identify IPV and care for such patients.…”

The resilience, attachment, coping, and psychopathology of battered women: comparison of sheltered versus in-home women

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