ATTITUDES OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS TOWARDS DISABLED WOMEN, AFFECTING FACTORS AND ETHICAL DIMENSION: A DESCRIPTIVE AND CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY Atitudes de trabalhadores de cuidados à saúde em relação a mulheres com deficiências, fatores que influenciam e dimensão ética: um estudo descritivo e transversal Actitudes de los profesionales de la salud hacia las mujeres con discapacidad, factores que las afectan y dimensión ética: un estudio descriptivo y transversal

AKBAŞ M.

Acta Bioethica, cilt.32, sa.1, ss.115-127, 2026 (SCI-Expanded, SSCI, Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 32 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2026
  • Dergi Adı: Acta Bioethica
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Fuente Academica Plus, EMBASE, DIALNET
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.115-127
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: disabled woman, doctor, ethics, midwife, nurse
  • Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study was conducted descriptively and cross-sectionally to determine the attitudes of healthcare professionals towards disabled women, the factors affecting them, and to evaluate their ethical dimensions. This descriptive study was conducted between 08/01/2022 and 10/31/2022 with midwives, nurses, and doctors working at the hospitals in Kahramanmaraş/Turkey. The sample size of the study was calculated with G*Power, and 307 healthcare professionals were included in the study. The research data were collected with the Personal Information Form and the Disabled Woman Attitude Scale. The data were analyzed with the SPSS for Windows 22.0 statistical package program. The total mean age of the participants was 33.60±7.51, the mean score of the disabled women and their private lives sub-dimension was 23.97±5.72, the mean score of the disabled women and disadvantages sub-dimension was 12.68±4.37, the mean score of the disabled women and social support sub-dimension was 14.88±3.33, the mean score of the disabled women and gender sub-dimension was 9.33±3.18 and the total mean score of the scale was 60.87±13.17. In this study, it was observed that the attitudes of health workers towards disabled women were positive and that receiving training for disabled individuals and gaining experience in the care and treatment of disabled individuals positively affected the attitudes towards disabled women.