scholarly journals On the Relationship Between Intimate Partner Violence and Quality of Life Among Menopausal Women

2022 ◽  
Vol In Press (In Press) ◽  
Author(s):  
Masumeh Ghazanfarpour ◽  
Zari Dolatabadi ◽  
Masumeh Saeedi ◽  
Shahin Shojania ◽  
Mohammad Ali Kiani ◽  
...  

Background: This study aimed to assess the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) and quality of life (QOL) among menopausal women. Methods: The present cross-sectional study was conducted on 202 postmenopausal women admitted to different healthcare centers. The primary data collection tools were the revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS2) and Menopause-Specific Quality of Life (MENQOL). Results: The participants encompassed 202 postmenopausal women with the mean age of 52.14 ± 5.93 years. The analysis revealed that 70.8% of women were 45 - 55 years, 29.2% of women were 56 - 65 years, and 62.7% of the participants had more than two children. Compared to the non-smoking participants, the smoking women reported more injury violence (P = 0.008). In this study, the effect of the husband and wife’s level of education on IPV was not significant. The menopausal women or their spouses experienced more psychological (P = 0.008) and injury (P = 0.01) violence following their second marriage. The present findings suggested that three types of violence, including psychological (P < 0.001), physical (P = 0.003), and injury (P < 0.001), reported higher levels of psychological symptoms. The women experiencing psychological (P < 0.001) and sexual (P = 0.012) violence reported more severe physical problems than those with no history of violence in menopause. Conclusions: This study provided more profound insights into the relationship between menopause-related quality of life and types of violence among menopausal women. The quality of life in postmenopausal women is significantly declined under domestic violence. Healthcare providers are recommended to be trained on detecting and managing IPV and the corresponding physical and psychological problems.

Author(s):  
NV Roopesh Gopal ◽  
SV Sathish Kumar ◽  
Kiran S Bhat

Introduction: An intimate relationship is an interpersonal relationship that involves physical or emotional intimacy. Those who are in such a relationship may experience violence from partners which may affect their day-to-day quality of life and thus cause a burden on the family. Aim: To assess the relationship between Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) with Quality of life and to provide early interventions. Materials and Methods: Hospital-based, cross-sectional study was conducted at the Department of Psychiatry, Kodagu Institute of Medical Sciences (KoIMS) teaching hospital Madikeri, Karnataka. The subjects were recruited by purposive sampling method. A total of 5810 consecutive subjects who visited the psychiatry OPD from March 2017 to June 2019 were assessed and among them, 82 subjects both men and women in the age group of 18 to 60 years were recruited. All of them reported IPV on the Hurt, Insulted, Threatened, and Screamed (HITS) scale and were further assessed for Quality of life using the World Health Organisation Quality of Life BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) scale. Descriptive statistics were used for continuous variables. A Nonparametric Chi-square test was applied for categorical variables and Mann-Whitney U scores were used for quality of life variables. The correlation was done using Pearson’s correlation. Results: Mean age was 36.04 in years (SD±11.28) having a mean of 7.5 years of schooling (SD±4.5). The majority belonged to the rural background and lower socioeconomic status. Out of 82 subjects, 21 subjects reported IPV score less than 10 (25.60%) and among the rest of the 61 (74.39%) subjects, 80.32% were females and 19.67% were males who had IPV scores of more than 10. The study subjects reported poor and very poor scores in their overall quality of life and very dissatisfied and dissatisfied in their health domain. IPV also correlated with reduced quality of life, which was statistically significant. Conclusion: People that experience IPV has an overall reduced quality of life. Routine clinical assessment needs to be done to provide early interventions.


2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Caicedo Roa ◽  
L Gabrielle Dalaqua ◽  
P Filizola ◽  
R Cordeiro

Abstract Introduction Violence against women is a public health problem with severe consequences. Most women in situations of domestic violence are emotionally involved and/or economically dependent of their intimate partners contributing to the perpetuation and acceptance of violence. Objectives 1) To characterize the women who join the Reference and Support Center for Women (Ceamo) in Campinas, Southeast Brazil. 2) To measure the quality of life in women victims of intimate partner violence 3) To determine the risk of feminicide. Methods The Ceamo is a public specialized service from the mayor of Campinas, it provides psychological, social and legal guidance to women in situations of gender violence. Inclusion criteria: Women attending Ceamo services, speaking Portuguese, age ≥18 years old and having experienced intimate partner violence. Measure instruments: Danger assessment Scale and WHOQOL-BREF. Results During the 11 months of the study, 78 new users were recruited. Average age 38.3 years old, mostly married/stable union, most of them with children (88%). 64% of women do not work and 36% live with the abusive partner. Prevalent types of violence suffered during by the victims in the last year were psychological n = 76, physical n = 62, moral n = 54 and sexual n = 23. The domain most affected in the assessment of quality of life was the environment (average 42% /100%) and psychological domain (42%/100%). 49% of women were classified with increased risk, 22% with severe risk and 1% with extreme risk of femicide. The questions with the most positive answers were those related to believing that the partner can kill her (77%), jealous of the partner (76%) and controlling behavior (73%), being followed/spied by the partner (67%) and threat death (65%). Conclusions The service in general receive very vulnerable women with low perception of their own quality of life, precarious material conditions and high risk of femicide. Key messages The women in domestic violence situation attended by the Ceamo service are at high risk of femicide. Service users have very low perception of their quality of life and poor social conditions.


2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen A. Fox ◽  
John A. Shjarback

While some attention has been paid to “what works” to reduce crime, little is known about the effectiveness of programs designed to reduce victimization. This study systematically reviews 83 program evaluations to identify what works to (a) reduce victimization, (b) enhance beliefs/attitudes about victims, and (c) improve knowledge/awareness of victimization issues. Evidence-based findings are organized around 4 major forms of victimization, including bullying, intimate partner violence, sexual abuse, and other general forms of victimization. Determining whether certain types of programs can reduce the risk of victimization has important implications for improving people’s quality of life. Based on our findings, we offer several promising directions for the next generation of research on evaluating victimization programs. The goal of this study is to improve the strength of future program evaluations, replications, and other systematic reviews as researchers and practitioners continue to learn what works to reduce victimization.


2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann L. Coker ◽  
Diane R. Follingstad ◽  
Lisandra S. Garcia ◽  
Heather M. Bush

Author(s):  
Basavaprabhu Achchappa ◽  
Mahak Bhandary ◽  
Bhaskaran Unnikrishnan ◽  
John T. Ramapuram ◽  
Vaman Kulkarni ◽  
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Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a severe form of abuse prevalent in urban and rural areas of India with its effects on mental and physical health of the person receiving it, leading to a poorer quality of life. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 99 women living with HIV, and information was collected using abuse assessment scale. The data were entered and analyzed using SPSS version 17.0. Results: The IPV was reported by 19.2% of the respondents, of which psychological (14.1%) was most common followed by physical (4.1%) and sexual abuse (1.0%). The experience of IPV was significantly associated with socioeconomic status, number of children, marital status, and CD4 counts of the participants. Conclusion: The prevalence of IPV in our study was found to be less compared to previous studies, however, there were significant association among factors such as socioeconomic status, CD4 counts, and marital status of the participants.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Riris Andriati ◽  
Fenita Purnama Sari Indah ◽  
Aisyah Aisyah

Compliance with hemodialysis therapy is one of the important things to note, if the patient is not compliant, it can cause a buildup of harmful substances in the body and if left unchecked, it can lead to death. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between adherence to undergo hemodialysis therapy with the quality of life of patients with chronic renal failure in the Hemodialysis Unit of the Jakarta Hajj Hospital. This research method is a quantitative study using primary data (questionnaires) and using cross-sectional research. Data collected by using questionnaires. The number of samples were 54 people who were in the hajodialysis unit at the Jakarta Hajj Hospital for the past three months. The results of the study of 54 respondents who have moderate compliance there are 11 people (20.4%), and good compliance a number of 43 people (79.%), in general patients obedient. While from the aspect of quality of life, there were 6 respondents (11.1%) who experienced less quality of life, 35 people had a moderate quality of life (75.%) and 13 people (24.1%) had a good quality of life, in general the quality of life of patients was moderate. After analyzing the relationship between adherence to undergo hemodialysis with quality of life using the Chi Square test p value = 0.468˃0.05, meaning that Ho is accepted, so it can be concluded that there is no relationship between adherence to hemodialysis with the quality of life of patients at Jakarta Hajj Hospital .ABSTRAKKepatuhan menjalani terapi hemodialisa merupakan salah satu hal yang penting untuk diperhatikan, jika pasien tidak patuh dapat menyebabkan terjadinya penumpukan zat-zat berbahaya dalam tubuh dan apabila hal tersebut dibiarkan maka dapat mengakibatkan kematian. Tujuan penelitian untuk mengetahui hubungan antara kepatuhan menjalani terapi hemodialisa dengan kualitas hidup pasien gagal ginjal kronik di Unit Hemodialisa RS Haji Jakarta. Metode penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuantitatif dengan menggunakan data primer (kuisioner) dan memakai metode penelitian cross-sectional. Data yang dikumpulkan dengan cara menggunakan kuisioner. Jumlah sampel  sebanyak 54 orang yang berada di unit hemodialisa Rumah Sakit haji Jakarta selama tiga bulan terakhir. Hasil penelitian dari 54 responden yang memiliki kepatuhan sedang terdapat 11 orang (20.4 %), dan kepatuhan baik sejumlah 43 orang (79.6 %), secara umum pasien patuh. Sementara dari aspek kualitas hidup diperoleh  responden  yang  mengalami  kualitas  hidup  kurang sejumlah 6 orang (11.1%), kualitas hidup sedang sejumlah 35 orang (75.%)  dan  kualitas  hidup  baik  13 orang  (24.1%), secara umum kualitas hidup pasien sedang. Setelah dilakukan analisa hubungan antara kepatuhan menjalani hemodialisa dengan kualitas hidup dengan menggunakan uji Chi Square diperoleh p value = 0.468˃0.05,  artinya Ho diterima, sehingga dapat disimpulkan tidak ada hubungan antara kepatuhan menjalani hemodialisa dengan kualitas hidup pasien di Rumah Sakit Haji Jakarta.


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