The prevalence of violence against women during pregnancy and postpartum in Iran

Background and purpose: Violence against women is considered a form of domestic violence. During pregnancy it could cause a range of adverse outcomes for mother and baby. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of violence against women during pregnancy and postpartum and its related factors....

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Main Authors: Mohammad Esmaeil Motlagh, Farahnaz Torkestani, Mozaffar Rabiee, Hassan Ashrafian Amiri, Laleh Radpooyan, Davoud Nasrollahpour Shirvani, Bahram Tahmasby
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Language:English
Published: Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences 2017-07-01
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Online Access:http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-9309-en.html
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author Mohammad Esmaeil Motlagh
Farahnaz Torkestani
Mozaffar Rabiee
Hassan Ashrafian Amiri
Laleh Radpooyan
Davoud Nasrollahpour Shirvani
Bahram Tahmasby
author_facet Mohammad Esmaeil Motlagh
Farahnaz Torkestani
Mozaffar Rabiee
Hassan Ashrafian Amiri
Laleh Radpooyan
Davoud Nasrollahpour Shirvani
Bahram Tahmasby
author_sort Mohammad Esmaeil Motlagh
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description Background and purpose: Violence against women is considered a form of domestic violence. During pregnancy it could cause a range of adverse outcomes for mother and baby. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of violence against women during pregnancy and postpartum and its related factors. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on the incidence of maternal mortality in 2015 in six provinces in Iran. In each province 24 public health centers were selected using stratified random sampling. In each center, 15-20 mothers who had at least one session of prenatal care were examined. Data was collected simultaneously from the records available in health centers and interviewing the mothers, then analyzed in SPSS18 at a significance level of α <0.05. Results: Among 2704 mothers participating in the study, the prevalence of physical violence during pregnancy and postpartum was 8.10% and 28% suffered from psychological violence. Among 31 variables studied, 10 had a significant relationship with both physical abuse and psychological violence (P>0.05). Multistage multivariate analysis of variance showed that 7 variables had significant relationship with physical violence, and 6 variables were associated with psychological violence (P>0.05). Conclusion: Despite records available in family’s’ files, a considerable rate of domestic violence was observed against mothers in Iran, therefore, health providers are ought to prevent this by taking appropriate actions.
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spelling doaj.art-ceffa935dba348ae85a26a00678628592023-02-28T08:13:59ZengMazandaran University of Medical SciencesJournal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences1735-92601735-92792017-07-01271507888The prevalence of violence against women during pregnancy and postpartum in IranMohammad Esmaeil Motlagh0Farahnaz Torkestani1Mozaffar Rabiee2Hassan Ashrafian Amiri3Laleh Radpooyan4Davoud Nasrollahpour Shirvani5Bahram Tahmasby6 Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran Internal Disease Specialist, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran BSc in Midwifery, Department of Health, Ministry of health, Tehran, Iran Assistant Professor, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Amol Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran Background and purpose: Violence against women is considered a form of domestic violence. During pregnancy it could cause a range of adverse outcomes for mother and baby. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of violence against women during pregnancy and postpartum and its related factors. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on the incidence of maternal mortality in 2015 in six provinces in Iran. In each province 24 public health centers were selected using stratified random sampling. In each center, 15-20 mothers who had at least one session of prenatal care were examined. Data was collected simultaneously from the records available in health centers and interviewing the mothers, then analyzed in SPSS18 at a significance level of α <0.05. Results: Among 2704 mothers participating in the study, the prevalence of physical violence during pregnancy and postpartum was 8.10% and 28% suffered from psychological violence. Among 31 variables studied, 10 had a significant relationship with both physical abuse and psychological violence (P>0.05). Multistage multivariate analysis of variance showed that 7 variables had significant relationship with physical violence, and 6 variables were associated with psychological violence (P>0.05). Conclusion: Despite records available in family’s’ files, a considerable rate of domestic violence was observed against mothers in Iran, therefore, health providers are ought to prevent this by taking appropriate actions.http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-9309-en.htmldomestic violencephysical violencepsychological violenceprevalenceviolencepregnancy
spellingShingle Mohammad Esmaeil Motlagh
Farahnaz Torkestani
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Hassan Ashrafian Amiri
Laleh Radpooyan
Davoud Nasrollahpour Shirvani
Bahram Tahmasby
The prevalence of violence against women during pregnancy and postpartum in Iran
Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences
domestic violence
physical violence
psychological violence
prevalence
violence
pregnancy
title The prevalence of violence against women during pregnancy and postpartum in Iran
title_full The prevalence of violence against women during pregnancy and postpartum in Iran
title_fullStr The prevalence of violence against women during pregnancy and postpartum in Iran
title_full_unstemmed The prevalence of violence against women during pregnancy and postpartum in Iran
title_short The prevalence of violence against women during pregnancy and postpartum in Iran
title_sort prevalence of violence against women during pregnancy and postpartum in iran
topic domestic violence
physical violence
psychological violence
prevalence
violence
pregnancy
url http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-9309-en.html
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