Economic abuse as a female battering form: A cross-sectional study among physicians and nurses

BACKGROUND Economic violence is a type of domestic violence in which an intimate partner attempts to oppress, restrict, or direct a female by exercising control over her financial resources. AIM To explore the impact of economic abuse on individual work performance and clarify the effective factors on financial exploitation among physicians and nurses. METHODS The study has a cross-sectional design, and 305 married, female physicians and nurses working in a university hospital were included. Data was collected with demographic characteristics forms, “Revised Scale of Economic Abuse” and “Individual Work Performance Questionnaire”. Pearson correlation, comparative analyses, and internal consistency reliability tests were used. RESULTS The average age was 39.04 ± 9.41. Among the respondents 69.2% were nurses and 63.9% held a bachelor’s degree. The mean score for the Revised Scale of Economic Abuse was 2.80 ± 4.73 while it was 3.86 ± 0.60 for the Individual Work Performance Questionnaire. CONCLUSION Our study revealed no relationship between economic abuse and individual work performance, confirming that nurses are exposed to more economic abuse and exploitation than physicians and exhibit higher work performance.