Effect of Intimate Partner Violence on Antenatal Functional Health Status of Childbearing Women in Northeastern Thailand
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We investigated the effects of physical, psychological, and sexual violence on the health status of women attending antenatal clinics at two tertiary hospitals in rural Thailand. We asked 421 pregnant women at 32 weeks gestation or later to complete a survey questionnaire. Participants reported high rates of psychological abuse (53.7%); threats, acts of physical abuse, or both (26.6%); and sexual violence (19.2%). Women abused during pregnancy had poorer health compared with nonabused women, in role emotional functioning, vitality, bodily pain, mental health, and social functioning. Given the high prevalence of violence and poor health status, routine screenings by maternity services is urgently required.
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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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The Functional health status section (page unavailable) reports significant differences between abused and non-abused pregnant women in four health-status measures. It says differences in the remaining measures were not statistically significant, and the study did not test an association with all chronic conditions. The Abstract discusses several chronic health problems reported in prior research, but does not establish the claim's across-the-board association. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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- Authors
- Saito, A., Creedy, D., Cooke, M., & Chaboyer, W.
- Affiliations
- Khon Kaen University (TH)
- Griffith University (AU)
- Venue
- Health Care for Women International
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2013-09
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 757-774
- ISSN
- 0739-9332 (ISSN-L)
- 1096-4665
- OpenAlex
- W2089024337
- Cited by
- 14
- References
- 43
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 0.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Locations
- Health Care For Women International (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Griffith Research Online (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
- Keywords
- intimate partner violence, prenatal care, pregnant women, psychological violence, physical abuse, sexual violence, functional status, emotional functioning, vitality, bodily pain, mental health, social functioning, violence screening, rural Thailand
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Female, Gestational Age, Health Status, Health Surveys, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Maternal-Child Health Centers, Pregnancy, Prenatal Care, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk Factors, Rural Population, Sexual Partners, Socioeconomic Factors, Spouse Abuse, Thailand, Prevalence, Pregnant People, Asian People, Young Adult
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