Fávero Marisalva, Gomes Vanessa, Campo Amaia Del, Moreira Diana, Sousa-Gomes Valéria
Social and Behavioral Sciences Department, University of Maia, Maia, Portugal.
Justice and Governance Research Center of the Law School, University of Minho (JusGov/UM), Braga, Portugal.
Front Psychol. 2023 Apr 3;13:1005696. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1005696. eCollection 2022.
Sexual violence (SV) perpetrated by health professionals concerns any sexual conduct, whether physical or verbal (with or without contact), toward a patient. There has been little scientific study and some disagreements have emerged regarding its definition, which has even been confused with violation of professional boundaries. In this descriptive-exploratory study, we aimed to characterize this phenomenon in the Portuguese context, using a sample of 491 participants who completed an online questionnaire adapted for this study. The results showed that 8.96% of the participants (5.5% indirect victims) suffered SV by a health professional, and the sociodemographic characteristics are very similar to those of SV in other contexts. Thus, after confirming this is not a problem alien to the Portuguese reality, we discuss the practical implications for prevention and intervention with victims.
医疗专业人员实施的性暴力(SV)涉及针对患者的任何性行为,无论是身体上的还是言语上的(无论有无接触)。目前几乎没有相关科学研究,并且在其定义方面出现了一些分歧,甚至有人将其与违反职业界限相混淆。在这项描述性探索性研究中,我们旨在以葡萄牙为背景对这一现象进行特征描述,采用了491名参与者的样本,他们完成了为本研究改编的在线问卷。结果显示,8.96%的参与者(5.5%为间接受害者)遭受过医疗专业人员实施的性暴力,其社会人口学特征与其他情况下的性暴力非常相似。因此,在确认这并非葡萄牙现实中独有的问题后,我们讨论了对受害者进行预防和干预的实际意义。