急診護理人員對婚姻暴力之知識及態度探討

Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Intimate Partner Violence by Nurses in the Emergency Department

康春梅(Chun-Mei Kang) ； 陳小蓮(Hsiao-Lien Chen) ； 黃秀梨(Shiow-Li Hwang) ； 朱美春(Mei-Chun Chu) ； 張文英(Wen-Yin Chang)

《志為護理-慈濟護理雜誌》 6卷3期 (2007/06) Pp. 82-93

https://doi.org/10.6974/TCNJ.200706.0082

摘要

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is one of the most common types of violence encountered in the emergency department (ED), as well as an issue of great concern to the general public worldwide. The purpose of this study was to investigate emergency nurses' knowledge and attitudes toward IPV and related factors. A structured questionnaire was developed by the research team to survey ED nurses from six different levels of seniority within a hospital. In total, 105 questionnaires were returned and yielded a 78.2% response rate. The results were that the average score for nurses' knowledge was 20.5 points (total=25) and for attitude was 110 points (total=140). Individual item analysis showed that medical domain knowledge scores (M8.0; SD±0.9) were the highest compared to social (M=7.7; SD±1.3) and law domains (M=5.3; SD±1.3). Among attitude scores, the highest score was found in the social domain (M=41.7; SD±3.6). The medical domain was second (M=40.2; SD±3.8) and the law domain was third (M=28; SD±3.2). There was a positive relationship between religion and attitude (r=.27; p＜.0l). A positive relationship was also found between years of working experience (r=.21; p＜.05; r=.25; p＜.05), level of seniority within the hospital (r=.37; p＜.01; r=.31; p＜.0l) and hospitals that offer continuing education (r=.21; p＜.05; r=.29; p＜.01) and knowledge and attitude. The findings indicate that the greater level of knowledge nurses have, the more positive their attitude is toward women who suffer IPV. These findings can assist ED managers to understand nurses' knowledge and attitudes toward IPV in order to arrange appropriate continuing education to improve the quality of emergency care.

關鍵字

婚姻暴力 ； 知識 ； 態度 ； 護理人員 ； 急診

並列摘要

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is one of the most common types of violence encountered in the emergency department (ED), as well as an issue of great concern to the general public worldwide. The purpose of this study was to investigate emergency nurses' knowledge and attitudes toward IPV and related factors. A structured questionnaire was developed by the research team to survey ED nurses from six different levels of seniority within a hospital. In total, 105 questionnaires were returned and yielded a 78.2% response rate. The results were that the average score for nurses' knowledge was 20.5 points (total=25) and for attitude was 110 points (total=140). Individual item analysis showed that medical domain knowledge scores (M8.0; SD±0.9) were the highest compared to social (M=7.7; SD±1.3) and law domains (M=5.3; SD±1.3). Among attitude scores, the highest score was found in the social domain (M=41.7; SD±3.6). The medical domain was second (M=40.2; SD±3.8) and the law domain was third (M=28; SD±3.2). There was a positive relationship between religion and attitude (r=.27; p＜.0l). A positive relationship was also found between years of working experience (r=.21; p＜.05; r=.25; p＜.05), level of seniority within the hospital (r=.37; p＜.01; r=.31; p＜.0l) and hospitals that offer continuing education (r=.21; p＜.05; r=.29; p＜.01) and knowledge and attitude. The findings indicate that the greater level of knowledge nurses have, the more positive their attitude is toward women who suffer IPV. These findings can assist ED managers to understand nurses' knowledge and attitudes toward IPV in order to arrange appropriate continuing education to improve the quality of emergency care.

並列關鍵字

Intimate partner violence ； knowledge ； attitude ； nurses ； emergency department