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Intimate partner violence and COVID-19 among reproductive age women: A community-based cross-sectional survey, Ethiopia.
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- Global prevalence of intimate partner violence during the COVID-19 pandemic among women: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC women's health · 2024Pooled it
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- Global prevalence of domestic violence against adults during COVID-19 and its determinants: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression analysis.Women's health (London, England)Pooled it
- Determinants of physical violence among women of reproductive age in Rwanda: evidence from the 2019/20 Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey (RDHS).Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2026Article
- Intimate partner violence among women of reproductive age during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ public health · 2025Article
- Rural-urban differences in the perceived impact of COVID-19 on mental health by European women.Archives of women's mental health · 2024Article
- Intimate partner violence and women's mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.Trends in psychiatry and psychotherapy · 2024Article
- Assessment of Violence during COVID-19 among Reproductive Age Women in Arsi Zone, South East Ethiopia.BioMed research international · 2024Article
- Intimate partner violence and associated factors among women during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in global women's health · 2024Review
- Prevalence and Factor Influencing Intimate Partner Violence against Women during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2024Review
- The Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic and Social Determinants of Health on the Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence. A Systematic Review.Materia socio-medica · 2023Article
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Abstract
introductionIntimate partner violence is one of the most common psychological, physical, and sexual assaults toward women which suit the entire life of women, and nowadays, the magnitude accelerates due to coronavirus pandemic. Hence, this study was aimed to examine the prevalence of intimate partner violence and predictors during coronavirus among childbearing-age residents in Debre Berhan.
methodsA community-based cross-sectional survey was employed from 1 May to 1 July 2020. Eight items of women abuse screening tool were used to estimate intimate partner violence. Trained data collectors directly interview randomly selected participants. The data were entered using Epi-info V. 7 and analyzed using SPSS V. 23. Descriptive statistics were used to determine the prevalence of intimate partner violence and the frequency distribution of other variables. During bivariate analysis, predictor variables with a
resultA total of 700 participants were included with a response rate of 95.1%. The prevalence of intimate partner violence in the past single year was 19% with 95% confidence interval = 16.1-21.9. Besides, the prevalence of emotional (19.9%, 95% confidence interval = 16.9-22.8), sexual (10.9%, 95% confidence interval = 8.6-13.2) and physical (9.4%, 95% confidence interval = 7.3-11.6) violence was reported. Women with depressive symptoms, overweight, suicidal ideation, and body image disturbance were significantly associated with intimate partner violence, but not educational status, employment, income, stressful life events, lifetime alcohol use, suicidal attempt, and abortion. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION: Nearly one out of five interviewed participants had intimate partner violence. Being overweight, having poor body image, and having depression increase intimate partner violence. Special preventive measures and treatment, and other legal services should be taken to alleviate the predictor variables and intimate partner violence.
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