Attitudes of healthcare workers towards disabled women, affecting factors and ethical dimension: a descriptive and cross-sectional study

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 Kahramanmara/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 33.607.51, the mean score of the disabled women and their private lives sub-dimension was 23.975.72, the mean score of the disabled women and disadvantages sub-dimension was 12.684.37,the mean score of the disabled women and social support sub-dimension was 14.883.33,the mean score of the disabled women and gender sub-dimension was 9.333.18and the total mean score of the scale was 60.8713.17.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.