Relationship of domestic violence with pregnancy symptoms and pregnancy experience in Iranian pregnant women: a cross-sectional study

Autor: Mojgan Mirghafourvand, Azam Mohammadi, Fatemeh Aliasghari, Fatemeh Effati-Daryani
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: BMJ Open, Vol 14, Iss 4 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2044-6055
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082570
Popis: Objective Violence has had adverse effects on the physical and psychological dimensions of pregnant women. This study was conducted with the aim of determining the relationship of domestic violence with pregnancy symptoms and pregnancy experience.Design In this cross-sectional study, pregnant women were selected through two-stage cluster sampling method. Data were collected using the domestic violence questionnaire of the WHO, pregnancy symptoms inventory (PSI) and pregnancy experience scale (PES). To determine the relationship between domestic violence with pregnancy symptoms and pregnancy experience, adjusted general linear model was used in multivariate analysis.Setting Health centres in Urmia—Iran in 2022.Participants 415 pregnant women.Results The frequency of emotional, physical and sexual violence was 86.0%, 67.7% and 79.5%, respectively. The mean (SD) of PSI was 49.45 (14.38) with attainable score of 0–123 and PES including happiness and worry was 14.32 (6.48) and 16.21 (2.51) with attainable score of 0–30, respectively. Based on the adjusted general linear model, the mean score of PSI in women who experienced physical violence (mild (p
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