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- Title
Quality of life of victims of intimate partner violence
- Authors
Leung, T.W.; Leung, W.C.; Ng, E.H.Y.; Ho, P.C.
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>To evaluate the impact of intimate partner violence on the quality of life in Obstetric/Gynecological (OBGYN) patients.<bold>Method: </bold>A total of 1614 OBGYN patients were classified into four groups (Group 1: requesting termination of pregnancy, n=300; Group 2: infertility patients, n=500; Group 3: other general gynecological patients, n=300; Group 4: obstetric patients, n=514) were successfully interviewed in the absence of their male partners, using a structured questionnaire modified from the Abuse Assessment Screen Questionnaire. Those who reported ever having been abused, together with an equal number of non-abused women as controls, were asked to complete the World Health Organization Quality of Life Measure - Abbreviated version (Hong Kong) Questionnaire.<bold>Results: </bold>The overall lifetime prevalence of intimate partner violence was 7.2%, with the lifetime prevalence being 12.7%, 1.8%, 4.7%, and 10.9% respectively in Groups 1-4. The mean quality of life domain scores among the abused victims were significantly lower in the physical health domain, social relationship domain, environment domain and psychological health domain.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>The baseline quality of life of the victims of intimate partner violence is significantly impaired compared with the non-abused controls.
- Subjects
QUALITY of life; HUMAN fertility; ABUSED women; PUBLIC health
- Publication
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2005, Vol 90, Issue 3, p258
- ISSN
0020-7292
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1016/j.ijgo.2005.05.010