Simulated clinical cases to identify and intervene in intimate partner violence among undergraduate nursing students

Abstract

Background: Training in gender-based violence is necessary to develop identification and intervention skills among nursing students. Aim: To determine the impact of an educational intervention on intimate partner violence in terms of perceptions of violence and empathic responses among nursing students at a Spanish university. Methods: Pre-post quasiexperimental study. Fourth-year students at the Faculty of Nursing at University of Barcelona participated in 2022-23. The Perception of Intimate Partner Violence in Nursing Students questionnaire, the Interpersonal Reactivity Index and an ad hoc satisfaction survey were used. Results: At baseline, 299 students participated, mean age 23.31 years, 88.6% female. After the training, 184 students. 65.5% reported personal experience of intimate partner violence. Women scored higher on empathic response (empathic concern 28.07). After the training, there were improvements in most of the dimensions assessed. The methodology used received a mean score 8.19. Conclusion: Active learning methods in intimate partner violence training have a positive effect on nursing students' learning in terms of perceiving violence and responding empathically. Significant differences were observed in all dimensions except fantasy and personal discomfort.