title: [Gender violence: Knowledge and attitudes of nurses in Primary Care].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the knowledge and attitudes of nurses in Primary Care as regards gender violence and their relationship with socio-demographic factors and cases detected.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional, descriptive study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Urban health centres.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 167 nurses working in Primary Care.
  
  
  METHODS
  A questionnaire was used that included questions related to knowledge, knowledge perception and attitudes to gender violence attitudes. Variables such as age, gender, marital status, work place and health area were also analysed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The response rate was 114 (68.26%). The percentage of correct responses in the knowledge questions was 62.2%, with a medium level of knowledge being observed. Married nurses or couples living in a stable relationship obtained a higher score (95.2%, P=.077). The low detection (29%) is associated with marital status (P=.004), low knowledge (P=0,008), low knowledge perception (P=.001), lack of training (P=.03) and non-implementation of the gender violence protocol (P=.001). Nurses with low self-perception of their knowledge implement the protocol less often (OR=0.26; 95% CI: 0.1-0.7), and they consider that the lack of training is the main problem in determining the diagnosis (OR=11.24; 95% CI: 1.5-81.1).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The level of knowledge was adequate. Nurses have a lack of confidence in terms of their knowledge about gender violence. The detection and diagnosis attitudes are more related to self-perception of levels of knowledge than their real knowledge. Marital status influences the level of knowledge. Professionals state that the lack of training is the main problem to give an efficient healthcare response.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Asturias, España. Electronic address: cvaldes@uniovi.es.
authors.forename: Carmen Ana
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Valdés Sánchez
authors.affiliation: Hospital San Agustín, Avilés, Asturias, España.
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: García Fernández
authors.affiliation: Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, España.
authors.forename: Ángela
authors.initials: Á
authors.lastname: Sierra Díaz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D017579:Domestic Violence; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D059017:Primary Care Nursing; D012649:Self Concept; D057566:Self Report; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Actitudes; Atención primaria de salud; Attitudes; Conocimientos; Domestic violence; Enfermería; Gender violence; Health knowledge; Nursing; Primary health care; Violencia de género; Violencia doméstica