Assistant Professor, Faculty of Nursing, Community Health Nursing and Mental Health Department, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Associate Professor, School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
Int Nurs Rev. 2023 Dec;70(4):501-509. doi: 10.1111/inr.12859. Epub 2023 Jul 4.
To explore the practices, understanding, and experiences of nurses and nursing students about domestic violence and abuse in Saudi Arabia.
Domestic violence and abuse is a well-known public health issue and a clear violation of human rights resulting in detrimental effects on women's health.
Societal and cultural barriers in Saudi Arabia limit women's rights and disclosure of violence within marriage and families, preventing access to health care and support. There are few reports of this phenomenon in Saudi Arabia.
We used a hermeneutic phenomenological approach to acquire in-depth insights into nurses' perceptions and experiences regarding domestic violence and abuse. Eighteen nurses and student nurses were recruited from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, using convenience sampling. Data were gathered between October 2017 and February 2018 through in-depth semistructured interviews, organized using NVivo 12 and analyzed manually to identify consistent themes. This study adhered to the consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research.
An overarching concept of "being disempowered" was identified, which was present at three levels: a lack of nurses' professional preparation, insufficient organizational structures and processes, and wider social and cultural components.
This study provides an in-depth account of nurses' practices, understanding, and experiences of domestic violence and abuse, highlighting the sensitivity and difficulties of addressing the problem in hospitals across Saudi Arabia and potentially other similar countries.
The study's findings will inform the development of nursing education and practice in Saudi Arabia, as well as pave the way toward formulating effective strategies with needed modifications in curriculum, organizations, policy, procedures, and laws.
探索沙特阿拉伯的护士和护理学生对家庭暴力和虐待的实践、理解和经验。
家庭暴力和虐待是一个众所周知的公共卫生问题，也是对人权的明确侵犯，对妇女健康造成有害影响。
沙特阿拉伯的社会和文化障碍限制了妇女在婚姻和家庭中的权利和对暴力的披露，阻止了她们获得医疗保健和支持。沙特阿拉伯很少有关于这种现象的报告。
我们使用解释学现象学方法深入了解护士对家庭暴力和虐待的看法和经验。使用方便抽样法从沙特阿拉伯利雅得招募了 18 名护士和护理学生。数据于 2017 年 10 月至 2018 年 2 月通过深入的半结构式访谈收集，使用 NVivo 12 进行组织，并手动分析以识别一致的主题。本研究遵循定性研究报告的综合标准。
确定了一个总体概念“被剥夺权力”，它存在于三个层面：护士专业准备不足、组织结构和流程不足以及更广泛的社会和文化因素。
本研究深入描述了护士对家庭暴力和虐待的实践、理解和经验，强调了在沙特阿拉伯乃至其他类似国家的医院解决这一问题的敏感性和困难。
研究结果将为沙特阿拉伯的护理教育和实践提供信息，并为制定有效的战略铺平道路，需要对课程、组织、政策、程序和法律进行必要的修改。
