Adverse health correlates of intimate partner violence against older women: Mining electronic health records.

Autor: Yılmaz S; Department of Computer and Data Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States of America., Gunay E; Emergency Department, Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey., Lee DH; Osteopathic Medicine and Public Health, Des Moines University, Des Moines, IA, United States of America., Whiting K; Neuroscience Program, Uniformed Services University, Washington, DC, United States of America., Silver K; Behavioral Health, Center of Outpatient Education, VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Cleveland, OH, United States of America., Koyuturk M; Department of Computer and Data Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States of America.; Center for Proteomics & Bioinformatics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States of America., Karakurt G; Department of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States of America.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PloS one [PLoS One] 2023 Mar 08; Vol. 18 (3), pp. e0281863. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Mar 08 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281863
Abstrakt: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is often studied as a problem that predominantly affects younger women. However, studies show that older women are also frequently victims of abuse even though the physical effects of abuse are harder to detect. In this study, we mined the electronic health records (EHR) available through IBM Explorys to identify health correlates of IPV that are specific to older women. Our analyses suggested that diagnostic terms that are co-morbid with IPV in older women are dominated by substance abuse and associated toxicities. When we considered differential co-morbidity, i.e., terms that are significantly more associated with IPV in older women compared to younger women, we identified terms spanning mental health issues, musculoskeletal issues, neoplasms, and disorders of various organ systems including skin, ears, nose and throat. Our findings provide pointers for further investigation in understanding the health effects of IPV among older women, as well as potential markers that can be used for screening IPV.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
(Copyright: © 2023 Yılmaz et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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