Psychometric Analysis of Disrespect and Abuse Scale.

Background: Disrespect and abuse of laboring and child-birthing women in health care is a global problem that violates the universal human rights of childbearing women. There is a lack of reliable and valid tools for measuring these behaviors. One instrument, the Disrespect and Abuse scale, has preliminary data with no established psychometrics in diverse populations.

Nurse Disrespect and Abuse Toward Laboring and Child-Birthing Women.

Background: Disrespect and abuse of laboring and child-birthing women in healthcare is a global problem that violates a woman's right to respectful care. The abuse can be life-threatening and jeopardizes their rights to health, bodily integrity, and freedom from discrimination. This study aimed to understand the factors influencing nurse and midwife disrespect and abuse of child-birthing women in healthcare settings.

Patient Abuse in Healthcare: A Theoretical Synthesis.

Patient abuse in healthcare is an emerging phenomenon in need of explanation and further analysis. Preventing abusive incidents in healthcare requires identifying structural imbalances that make mistreatment of vulnerable individuals possible. A theory synthesis of the vicious violence triangle and the socioecological model provides a framework to investigate factors that influence nurses' abusive behavior toward patients in hospitals.

Exposure to verbal abuse and neglect during childbirth among Jordanian women.

Unlabelled: Women's relationship with health care providers in maternity settings during childbirth has a significant impact on their wellbeing and lives. The current study aims to explore women exposure to neglect and verbal abuse during childbirth METHOD: a retrospective cross-sectional descriptive design was conducted at four governmental Maternal and Child Health Centers (MCHCs). A final sample of 390 Jordanian women who gave birth within the last 1-3 months was included in the study.