Citation

Rodríguez-Borrego MA, Vaquero Abellán M, Bertagnolli L, Muñoz-Gomariz E, Redondo-Pedraza R, Muñoz-Alonso A. Aten. Primaria 2011; 43(8): 417-425.

Vernacular Title

Violencia del companero intimo: estudio con profesionales de enfermeria.

Affiliation

Escuela Universitaria de Enfermería de la Universidad de Córdoba, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Córdoba, España.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Sociedad Espanola de Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria, Publisher Elsevier España)

DOI

10.1016/j.aprim.2010.07.009

PMID

21411190

Abstract

AIM: Describe gender-based violence by intimate partners against female nurses in a sample of nurses in Andalucia, Spain. DESIGN: Descriptive transversal study. SETTING: Hospitals and primary health care districts in Andalucia. PARTICIPANTS: Six hundred and twenty-two female nurses that wok as nurses in the eight provinces in Andalucia (Spain). MEASURES: Social-demographic characteristics and presence of abuse (psychological, physical and sexual). RESULTS: 78.5% of the nurses were married or with a regular partner and had the economic income based on both salaries; 71.1% had a child or an elderly dependent person. It was proved that there can be a statistical association between abuse and: marital status; life together; familiar economic support and children and/or dependent elderly person. The average age was 42.5±8.1 years old (22-62 years) and presented statistical age differences comparing both groups: abused (average 44 years) and non-abused (average 41.8 years). Between the married couples studied, 21.7% of them belong to the social class I and 16.9% to the social class II. Between all studied nurses, 33.0% suffered abuse, among which 75.1% were psychologically abused. Of all the abuse cases 60% were less severe and 40% more serious. CONCLUSIONS: It was confirmed the presence of intimate partner violence (IPV) against nurses, which was predominantly psychological abuse, but others classes of abuse were present too.

Language: es