Association between gender-based violence and hypertension among women in the Kyrgyzstan Republic.

Autor: Abba MS; Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, The University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK. Mustapha.abba@warwick.ac.uk., Nduka CU; Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, The University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK., Anjorin S; Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, The University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK., Uthman OA; Warwick Centre for Global Health, Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, The University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK.; Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.; Department of Public Health (IHCAR), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMC cardiovascular disorders [BMC Cardiovasc Disord] 2022 Dec 15; Vol. 22 (1), pp. 547. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Dec 15.
DOI: 10.1186/s12872-022-02970-6
Abstrakt: Background: Gender-based violence (GBV) is a significant global public health problem and the most prominent human rights violation severely impacting women's health and wellbeing. Therefore, the aim of this study is to evaluate the association between gender-based violence and hypertension in Kyrgyzstan Republic.
Methods: This study was conducted using population-based data of women from the 2018 Kyrgyzstan Demographic and Health Survey. The odds ratio was calculated to measure the association between GBV and hypertension, and p-values < 0.005 was considered statistically significant.
Result: We included data of 4793 participants, and 621 (13%) of them had hypertension. Participants exposed to GBV were 24% more likely to have hypertension than unexposed participants (OR = 1.24, 95% CI: 1.03-1.48). Of all women with hypertension, 206 (33.0%) were exposed to GBV. Participants with secondary education or higher exposed to GBV were 24% more likely to be hypertensive than GBV unexposed women with the same education levels OR = 1.24, 95% CI: 1.04-1.49). Unemployed participants exposed to GBV were 45% more likely to develop hypertension than their unexposed counterparts (OR = 1.45, 95%CI: 1.15-1.81). Rural residents exposed to GBV were also 29% more likely to have hypertension than those unexposed to GBV (OR = 1.29, 95% CI: 1.04-1.59). The odds of hypertension among those exposed to GBV increase with age.
Conclusion: The study revealed that GBV is a significant factor of having hypertension among Kyrgyz women.
(© 2022. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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