Violence from childhood to adulthood: The influence of child victimization and domestic violence on physical health in later life
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Objective Previous research has shown a detrimental effect of child victimization (CV) on physical disease and mortality. Additionally, individuals with adverse experiences in childhood frequently face domestic violence (DV) in later life. As DV has also been observed to harm physical health, a potential cumulative effect has been proposed. Currently, however, only limited data on such a cumulative effect and its impact on patients' physical health are available.Methods A cross-sectional observational study at the University Hospital of Innsbruck was conducted. Data on CV, DV and physical health were collected using self-report questionnaires. To evaluate the impact of CV and DV on patients' health, odds ratios (OR) were calculated using binary logistic regression.Results A total of 1480 patients from various departments participated in the study. CV was found for 38% and DV for 16% of participants. A significantly higher occurrence of physical disease was observed in patients with poly-victimization (4+ CVs). When accounting for the cumulative effect of CV and DV, the occurrence was further increased for musculoskeletal disorders (OR:5.1), chronic pain (OR:5.0), gastrointestinal diseases (OR:3.0), metabolic diseases (OR:2.8) and respiratory diseases (OR:2.4).Conclusion CV and DV were found to be prevalent and highly correlated in patients treated in a primary care hospital. CV and DV - individually, combined and cumulatively - may thus present risks for physical health. Screening patients for the risk of DV as well as assessing CV may aid in early identification and initiation of psychosocial interventions to avoid further aggravation of physical and psychological problems.
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Most prior studies show a positive association between any kind of violence and all chronic conditions, with a significant difference between abused and not-abused women.
“Most of these studies show a positive association between any kind of violence and all chronic conditions, with a significant difference between the group of abused women and the group of not-abused women [38–44].”
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Section 3.3 (page not supplied) reports associations between childhood victimization and several physical conditions, and between physical domestic violence and chronic pain. It does not support an association for every kind of violence with all chronic conditions: physical domestic violence had no significant association with most conditions assessed. The analyses used a mixed-sex patient sample, not a comparison of chronic conditions between abused and non-abused women. (LLM, conf=0.85)
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- Authors
- Riedl, D., Beck, T., Exenberger, S., Daniels, J., Dejaco, D., Unterberger, I., & Lampe, A.
- Affiliations
- Innsbruck Medical University (AT)
- University of Groningen (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Lampe, Astrid
- ORCID
- Venue
- Journal of Psychosomatic Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2019-01
- Volume
- 116
- Pages
- 68-74
- ISSN
- 0022-3999 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2902079192
- Cited by
- 69
- References
- 39
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 4
- FWCI
- 7.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Psychosomatic Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Tyrolean Health Fund
- Fund for a Healthy Austria
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
- Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Social Sciences › Demography › Elder Abuse and Neglect
- Keywords
- child victimization, domestic violence, cumulative adversity, physical health, polyvictimization, musculoskeletal disorders, chronic pain, gastrointestinal diseases, metabolic disorders, respiratory diseases, primary care patients
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Health, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Surveys and Questionnaires, Prevalence, Domestic Violence, Crime Victims, Young Adult, Bullying
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