TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Intimate partner violence among health professionals: distribution by autonomous communities in Spain
JO  - Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P
A1  - Carmona-Torres, Juan Manuel
A1  - Recio-Andrade, Beatriz
A1  - Rodríguez-Borrego, María Aurora
SP  - e03256
EP  - e03256
VL  - 51
IS  - 
N2  - OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of intimate partner violence among health care professionals who work in the Spanish National Health System, according to the autonomous communities of Spain. <br><br>METHOD This was a descriptive cross-sectional multicenter study conducted with male and female health professionals (doctors, nurses, and nursing aides) in the different autonomous communities that are part of the Spanish National Health System. The following instruments were employed: among women, an intimate partner violence screening questionnaire; and among men, a questionnaire that screened for violence in the family environment. <br><br>RESULTS A total of 1,039 health professionals participated in the study. Of these, 26% had suffered some type of abuse. Among the men, this prevalence was 2.7%, while among the women, it was 33.8%. There were differences in the prevalence of intimate partner violence among different autonomous communities, with the highest percentages in the Canary Islands. In terms of profession, 19.5% of the doctors had been exposed to intimate partner violence, while this percentage was 31% and 48.6% for nurses and nursing professionals, respectively. <br><br>CONCLUSION The results indicate the presence of intimate partner violence among healthcare personnel in most of the autonomous communities of Spain. The data demonstrate the need to implement action plans, both to support victims and to mitigate the problem.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0080-6234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1980-220x2016049803256
ID  - ref1
ER  -