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Domestic violence among antenatal attendees in a Kathmandu hospital and its associated factors: a cross-sectional study

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, November 2016
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Title
Domestic violence among antenatal attendees in a Kathmandu hospital and its associated factors: a cross-sectional study
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, November 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12884-016-1166-7
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Monika Shrestha, Sumina Shrestha, Binjwala Shrestha

Abstract

Domestic violence during pregnancy is a public health problem which violates human rights and causes an adverse effect on both maternal and fetal health. The objectives of the study were to assess the prevalence of domestic violence among the pregnant women attending the antenatal clinic, to explore the associated factors, and to identify the perpetrators of domestic violence. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 404 pregnant women in their third trimester of pregnancy. Convenient sampling was used to select the study population. Data collection tools consisted of questionnaires on socio-demographic characteristics of the woman and her spouse, social support, and the woman's attitude towards domestic violence, along with her experiences of psychological, physical, and sexual violence. Domestic violence was assessed using a questionnaire adapted from a World Health Organization multi-country study on women's health and life experiences. Relationships between domestic violence and the various factors were determined by bivariate analysis using a chi-square test. Binary logistic regression with 95% confidence interval and adjusted odds ratio were then applied to assess the factors independently associated with domestic violence. More than one-quarter (27.2%) of the pregnant women had experienced some form of violence. The most common form of violence was sexual violence (17.3%), followed by psychological violence (16.6%) and physical violence (3.2%). Husbands within the age group 25-34 years (AOR = 0.38), women married for 2-5 years (AOR = 0.42) and who had one or two children (AOR = 0.32) were negatively associated with domestic violence. Whereas the presence of husband's controlling behavior (AOR = 1.88) and experience of violence before the current pregnancy (AOR = 24.55) increased the odds of experiencing violence during pregnancy. The husband was the major perpetrator in all type of violence. Domestic violence is common among pregnant women attending an antenatal clinic. It indicates a need for routine screening during antenatal visits to identify women experiencing violence and thus provide support services, thereby preventing them from adverse health consequences.

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Unknown 193 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 22 11%
Student > Bachelor 15 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 13 7%
Researcher 12 6%
Other 7 4%
Other 24 12%
Unknown 100 52%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 34 18%
Medicine and Dentistry 21 11%
Social Sciences 15 8%
Psychology 8 4%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 2%
Other 12 6%
Unknown 100 52%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 17. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 April 2023.
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#1,997,022
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Outputs from BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
#511
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
#11
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