[Gender violence in nursing students during their dating relationships].
OBJECTIVE
To determine the prevalence of gender violence (GV) suffered by student nurses and to identify its relationship with some sociodemographic and personal variables (social support and self-esteem) and their perception about their role as primary care providers.


METHODS
Cross-sectional study.


METHODS
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (University of Oviedo).


METHODS
Nursing students.


METHODS
The CUVINO questionnaire was used. It measures 42 behavioral indicators and 8 GV factors and allows to identify technical and perceived violence during courtship and other related situations. The level of social self-esteem, support and variables related with the nursing role were also measured.


RESULTS
Using the standard of "zero tolerance", 85.8% suffered technical violence, mainly by "detachment" and "coercion" (73.3%), while almost 1 in 5 also suffered "physical" violence (18.3%). A lower percentage (9.0%) reported having been really ill-treated, perception related to the global proportion of students who felt trapped (31.7%, P <.001), felt fear (13.8%, P <.001) and a further delay in breaking the relationship (13.2 months vs. 3.6; P <.05). Suffering technical violence was associated with less social support (P <.05) and less social self-esteem (P <.01). Academic training in GV improves recognition.


CONCLUSIONS
The prevalence of GV situations between student nurses is very high and recognition is poor. Academic training could improve the perception of the problem, thus it would be desirable to strengthen its inclusion in the university curriculum, together with specific skills training.
Servicio de Atención Continuada, Centro de Salud Grado-Candamo, Servicio de Salud del Principado de Asturias, Grado, Spain.
Vanesa
V
García Díaz
Ana
A
Fernández Feito
Francisco Javier
FJ
Rodríguez Díaz
María Luisa
ML
López González
María del Pilar
Mdel P
Mosteiro Díaz
Alberto
A
Lana Pérez
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003380:Courtship; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D012649:Self Concept; D013338:Students, Nursing; D014754:Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult