Types of Intimate Partner Violence and Women's Health

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This study uses data from 29,990 women from 12 different countries collected by the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence to capture the effect of different types, frequency and timing of IPV on self-reported health, symptoms and suicidal behaviours.

Detailed Description
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Intimate partner violence (IPV) has detrimental effects on physical and mental health, risks to children and is associated with wider societal and healthcare costs. Previous analysis of the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence found significant associations between physical and sexual IPV and self-reported ill-health, symptomatology and suicidal behaviours. Real experience of IPV can comprise different combinations of emotional, physical and sexual abuse, and different timings and frequencies of these. A more nuanced testing of exposure to these different combinations of IPV and associations with health is needed. This study uses data from 29,990 women from 12 different countries collected by the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence to capture the effect of different combination types, frequency and timing of IPV on self-reported health, symptoms and suicidal behaviours.

Official Title
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Types of Intimate Partner Violence and Women's Health: Findings From the WHO Multi-country Study on Women's Health and Intimate Partner Violence

Conditions
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Domestic Violence

Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: The WHO report that in most sites, a representative sample of women was obtained using a two-stage cluster sampling scheme to select households and then only one woman per household was randomly selected per household for interview. Exclusion Criteria: -

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 15 Years
Maximum Age: 49 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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Female

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Participant description of their current overall state of health | Participant description of their current overall state of health- a choice of options- excellent, good, fair, poor or very poor. | Preceding 4 weeks | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Participant reported health in the last 4 weeks- problems walking around, doing usual activities, pain or discomfort, problems with memory or concentration, dizziness or vaginal discharge. Measured by questionnaire. | Participant rating of various health aspects in last 4 weeks | Preceding 4 weeks | 
| Emotional distress. Measured by questionnaire of 20 different symptoms of emotional distress. SRQ-20 (score of 20 different symptoms of emotional distress with yes/no answers) | Self Reporting Questionnaire-20 (SRQ-20)- aggregate score of 20 different symptoms of emotional distress with yes/no answers | Preceding 4 weeks | 
| Participant reported ever suicidal thoughts or attempts; measured by questionnaire. | Participants reporting ever having suicidal thoughts or ever attempting suicide | Up to 49 years | 
| Participant reported medication used for sleep/ pain; measured by questionnaire. | Participants reporting medication use | Preceding 4 weeks | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Intimate Partner Violence