The relationship between healthcare providers’ performance regarding women experiencing domestic violence and their demographic characteristics and attitude towards their management

BACKGROUND: Domestic violence (DV) can threaten women’s health. Healthcare providers (HCPs) may be the first to come into contact with a victim of DV. Their appropriate performance regarding a victim of DV can decrease its complications. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationsh...

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Autores principales: Yousefnia, Nasim, Nekuei, Nafisehsadat, Farajzadegan, Ziba
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6101232/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30018185
http://dx.doi.org/10.5249/jivr.v10i2.958
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author Yousefnia, Nasim
Nekuei, Nafisehsadat
Farajzadegan, Ziba
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description BACKGROUND: Domestic violence (DV) can threaten women’s health. Healthcare providers (HCPs) may be the first to come into contact with a victim of DV. Their appropriate performance regarding a victim of DV can decrease its complications. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between HCPs’ performance regarding women experiencing DV, demographic characteristics, and attitudes towards their management. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, 300 emergency and maternity HCPs were selected using quota random sampling from February to May 2016. All hospitals affiliated to Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (Iran), which are referral centers for DV cases, were selected according to a census. The inclusion criteria included 1 year or more of professional experience and at least 1 encounter with a woman experiencing DV. Data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire. SPSS was used to analyze the data. Cronbach’s alpha was utilized to assess the reliability of the questionnaire. In order to obtain a general description of the data (variables, mean, and standard deviation), the table of frequencies was designed. Moreover, to determine the relationships between variables, chi-square test was applied. RESULTS: The results showed that there were no associations between HCPs’ performance regarding DV and their demographic characteristics except their age, professional experience, and economic status. However, there was a significant association between HCPs’ attitudes towards providing services (P=0.017) and their performance regarding women experiencing DV (P less than 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: To improve HCPs’ performance regarding DV, paying attention to other related factors (i.e., training, employing HCPs with high professional experience, and codifying guidelines) is essential. Moreover, elements which result in the creation of positive attitudes and taking care of DV victims should be encouraged.
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spelling pubmed-61012322018-08-23 The relationship between healthcare providers’ performance regarding women experiencing domestic violence and their demographic characteristics and attitude towards their management Yousefnia, Nasim Nekuei, Nafisehsadat Farajzadegan, Ziba J Inj Violence Res Injury &Violence BACKGROUND: Domestic violence (DV) can threaten women’s health. Healthcare providers (HCPs) may be the first to come into contact with a victim of DV. Their appropriate performance regarding a victim of DV can decrease its complications. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between HCPs’ performance regarding women experiencing DV, demographic characteristics, and attitudes towards their management. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, 300 emergency and maternity HCPs were selected using quota random sampling from February to May 2016. All hospitals affiliated to Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (Iran), which are referral centers for DV cases, were selected according to a census. The inclusion criteria included 1 year or more of professional experience and at least 1 encounter with a woman experiencing DV. Data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire. SPSS was used to analyze the data. Cronbach’s alpha was utilized to assess the reliability of the questionnaire. In order to obtain a general description of the data (variables, mean, and standard deviation), the table of frequencies was designed. Moreover, to determine the relationships between variables, chi-square test was applied. RESULTS: The results showed that there were no associations between HCPs’ performance regarding DV and their demographic characteristics except their age, professional experience, and economic status. However, there was a significant association between HCPs’ attitudes towards providing services (P=0.017) and their performance regarding women experiencing DV (P less than 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: To improve HCPs’ performance regarding DV, paying attention to other related factors (i.e., training, employing HCPs with high professional experience, and codifying guidelines) is essential. Moreover, elements which result in the creation of positive attitudes and taking care of DV victims should be encouraged. Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences 2018-07 /pmc/articles/PMC6101232/ /pubmed/30018185 http://dx.doi.org/10.5249/jivr.v10i2.958 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Nekuei, Nafisehsadat
Farajzadegan, Ziba
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title The relationship between healthcare providers’ performance regarding women experiencing domestic violence and their demographic characteristics and attitude towards their management
title_full The relationship between healthcare providers’ performance regarding women experiencing domestic violence and their demographic characteristics and attitude towards their management
title_fullStr The relationship between healthcare providers’ performance regarding women experiencing domestic violence and their demographic characteristics and attitude towards their management
title_full_unstemmed The relationship between healthcare providers’ performance regarding women experiencing domestic violence and their demographic characteristics and attitude towards their management
title_short The relationship between healthcare providers’ performance regarding women experiencing domestic violence and their demographic characteristics and attitude towards their management
title_sort relationship between healthcare providers’ performance regarding women experiencing domestic violence and their demographic characteristics and attitude towards their management
topic Injury &Violence
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6101232/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30018185
http://dx.doi.org/10.5249/jivr.v10i2.958
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