TY - JOUR
T1 - Nursing research on intimate partner violence in China
T2 - A scoping review
AU - Li, Quanlei
AU - Liu, Huaping
AU - Chou, Kuei Ru
AU - Lin, Chia Chin
AU - Van, Iat Kio
AU - Davidson, Patricia M.
AU - Campbell, Jacquelyn C.
N1 - Funding Information:
QL, HL, KC, and IV conducted literature search. QL, HL, and KC examined study quality. QL and HL conducted data extraction. KC, CL, and IV cross-checked extracted data. QL made the figures, QL and HL made the tables. PD and JC contributed extensively to data interpretation and discussion. All authors contributed to study design, data analysis, data interpretation, manuscript write-up, and finalisation. We thank Ms Sok Leng Che at Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau for informational support. We also thank all nurses practicing globally on the front lines to fight COVID-19 who save the lives of millions during the development of the manuscript. We acknowledge that appropriate naming for Taiwan has been debated and relevant political issues exist, we conducted the study by following international standards laid down by WHO on naming, with good wishes to advance nursing science and people's health and well-being. Editor note: The Lancet Group takes a neutral position with respect to territorial claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020
PY - 2020/9
Y1 - 2020/9
N2 - Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious public health issue, and nurses have the potential to screen, navigate to interventions, and provide support, but responses to IPV differ greatly in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan. We conducted a scoping review to examine the nursing literature on IPV in the above four regions in China. We conducted a comprehensive search of 11 Chinese and English databases from database inception to January 31, 2020, for eligible papers including empirical studies, reviews, reports, and expert opinion articles. We hand searched references lists and other studies published by the first and corresponding authors of included articles. Two reviewers independently screened articles and extracted data, and three reviewers cross-checked the extracted results. We also conducted quality appraisal for applicable empirical studies. A total of 58 Chinese-language and 63 English-language articles were included, 58 from Taiwan, 44 from Hong Kong, 13 from mainland China, and six from institutions outside China, but none from Macao. The quantitative and qualitative studies described the prevalence and complex nature of IPV, comparable to non-nursing and international studies. Nurse-led advocacy and Qigong (traditional Chinese mind-body health practice) interventions showed promise for improving mental health in women in Hong Kong. There was a low level of knowledge and preparedness to respond to IPV among Chinese nurses, especially in mainland China. Mixed methods studies in Hong Kong and Taiwan as complex designs were generally well-conducted. Nursing case reports from Taiwan uniquely supplemented the evidence base. In Hong Kong and Taiwan, varying designs were used to study various facets of IPV, targeting victims, nurses and other key stakeholders. In mainland China and Macao, IPV research was limited in quantity, quality, and diversity. As more research in the area of IPV is needed, factors influencing nursing research on IPV also merit investigation, while taking into consideration socio-economic-political-cultural factors.
AB - Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious public health issue, and nurses have the potential to screen, navigate to interventions, and provide support, but responses to IPV differ greatly in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan. We conducted a scoping review to examine the nursing literature on IPV in the above four regions in China. We conducted a comprehensive search of 11 Chinese and English databases from database inception to January 31, 2020, for eligible papers including empirical studies, reviews, reports, and expert opinion articles. We hand searched references lists and other studies published by the first and corresponding authors of included articles. Two reviewers independently screened articles and extracted data, and three reviewers cross-checked the extracted results. We also conducted quality appraisal for applicable empirical studies. A total of 58 Chinese-language and 63 English-language articles were included, 58 from Taiwan, 44 from Hong Kong, 13 from mainland China, and six from institutions outside China, but none from Macao. The quantitative and qualitative studies described the prevalence and complex nature of IPV, comparable to non-nursing and international studies. Nurse-led advocacy and Qigong (traditional Chinese mind-body health practice) interventions showed promise for improving mental health in women in Hong Kong. There was a low level of knowledge and preparedness to respond to IPV among Chinese nurses, especially in mainland China. Mixed methods studies in Hong Kong and Taiwan as complex designs were generally well-conducted. Nursing case reports from Taiwan uniquely supplemented the evidence base. In Hong Kong and Taiwan, varying designs were used to study various facets of IPV, targeting victims, nurses and other key stakeholders. In mainland China and Macao, IPV research was limited in quantity, quality, and diversity. As more research in the area of IPV is needed, factors influencing nursing research on IPV also merit investigation, while taking into consideration socio-economic-political-cultural factors.
KW - China
KW - Domestic violence
KW - Hong Kong
KW - Intimate partner violence
KW - Macao
KW - Nursing
KW - Scoping review
KW - Taiwan
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U2 - 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2020.100017
DO - 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2020.100017
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85103976097
SN - 2666-6065
VL - 2
JO - The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific
JF - The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific
M1 - 100017
ER -
