However,
physicians recorded higher scores regarding statements like
‘‘Restricting women from contacting with family relatives’’,
‘‘Ignoring or treating women indifferently’’, and ‘‘Suspicion
of unfaithfulness of women’’. This could be attributed to the
higher socio-economic classes of physicians. Regarding psychological
items, higher scores were recorded by physicians
than nurses significantly as well as the total percentage score.
Nearly all the participants agreed about physical and sexual
statements. However, the percentage total score for both domains
showed higher levels in doctors than nurses. Psychological
items came in between deprivation in one side and physical
and sexual aspects in the other side. This may be due to the
fact that the term psychological abuse is the least clearly defined
among the various types of abuse