ArticleJournal of women's health (2002)2011
Sleep disturbances and their association with mental health among women exposed to intimate partner violence.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 69 citations in OpenAlex.
- The psychological subtype of intimate partner violence and its effect on mental health: a systematic review with meta-analyses.Systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Advocacy interventions to reduce or eliminate violence and promote the physical and psychosocial well-being of women who experience intimate partner abuse.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
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- Assessing the effect of a mind-body exercise, qigong Baduanjin, on sleep disturbance among women experiencing intimate partner violence and possible mediating factors: a randomized-controlled trial.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2021Trial
- Responding to the need for sleep among survivors of interpersonal violence: A randomized controlled trial of a cognitive-behavioral insomnia intervention followed by PTSD treatment.Contemporary clinical trials · 2015Trial
- A Randomized Clinical Trial of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia to Augment Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Treatment in Survivors of Interpersonal Violence.Psychotherapy and psychosomaticsTrial
- Experiences of violence and the use of sleep-inducing medicines: a population-based study.Frontiers in global women's health · 2026Article
- Sleep quality among women with head injuries due to intimate partner violence.Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology · 2025Article
- Intimate partner violence and stress-related disorders: from epigenomics to resilience.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Review
- Ecological investigation of the co-occurrence of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and cannabis use among community women experiencing intimate partner violence.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2023Article
- Intimate partner violence and negative health consequences: A cross-sectional study among women in a regional sample in Sweden.Scandinavian journal of public health · 2023Article
- Sleep quality and associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care unit at Gondar, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Prevalence and factors associated with intimate partner violence among the adolescent girls and young women in South Africa: findings the 2017 population based cross-sectional survey.BMC public health · 2021Article
- "There's no place like home": Examining the associations between state eviction defense protections and indicators of biopsychosocial stress among survivors of intimate partner violence.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2021Article
- The association between life satisfaction, emotional support, and perceived health among women who experienced intimate Partner violence (IPV) - 2007 behavioral risk factor surveillance system.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Quantitative Methods for Analyzing Intimate Partner Violence in Microblogs: Observational Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Observational
- "Dreaming Undreamt Dreams" in Psychological Counseling with Italian Women Who Experienced Intimate Partner Violence: A Phenomenological-Interpretative Analysis of the Psychologists' Experience.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- The psychological subtype of intimate partner violence and its effect on mental health: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.Systematic reviews · 2019Article
- How to identify, assess, and refer patients experiencing interpersonal violence across the lifespan: the role of US pharmacists in integrated pharmacy research and practice.Integrated pharmacy research & practice · 2019Review
- Sleep Disturbance Partially Mediates the Relationship Between Intimate Partner Violence and Physical/Mental Health in Women and Men.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundIntimate partner violence puts the victim at risk for substantial medical and psychiatric morbidity. As with other stress- and trauma-related experiences, intimate partner violence is associated with sleep disturbance, particularly insomnia and nightmares. This association, however, has not been well characterized in terms of general prevalence or its further relationship with depression, suicidality, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
methodsThe present study used validated instruments to characterize insomnia and nightmares among 121 women exposed to intimate partner violence. Participants with and without depression were compared on demographic, abuse, and sleep characteristics as were those with and without suicidality. Logistic regression models were constructed to test sleep variables as independent predictors of depression controlling for demographic factors, abuse severity, and PTSD severity.
resultsClinically significant insomnia and nightmares were observed in 46% and 32% of participants, respectively. Depressed women had more severe PTSD and were more likely to have insomnia and to have nightmares than nondepressed women. In models controlling for PTSD severity, the presence of insomnia was associated with an approximately eightfold greater risk of being depressed; nightmares were associated with a twofold increase in risk.
conclusionsSleep disturbances were prevalent among women experiencing intimate partner violence, with both insomnia and nightmares predicting the presence of depression even after controlling for PTSD severity. In addition to the need to address common mental health issues such as depression, given that sleep problems are modifiable and potentially less stigmatizing than mental health problems, assessing and addressing insomnia and nightmares in survivors of interpersonal violence warrants strong clinical consideration and further investigation.
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