Intimate partner violence during pregnancy in COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study from South-west of Iran

• Published in: BMC public health 2023-02, Vol.23 (1), p.325-325, Article 325
• Main Authors: Maharlouei, Najmeh, Roozmeh, Shohreh, Zahed Roozegar, Mohammad-Hassan, Shahraki, Hadi Raeisi, Bazrafshan, Khadijeh, Moradi-Alamdarloo, Shaghayegh, Vardanjani, Hossein Molavi, Lankarani, Kamran B
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Abuse; Age groups; Aggression; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Data collection; Disease transmission; Domestic violence; Economic problems; Economics; Emotional abuse; Ethnicity; Family conflict; Family violence; Female; Health aspects; Humans; Infants; Intimate Partner Violence; Iran - epidemiology; Maternal and infant welfare; Maternal child nursing; Medicine; Mental health; Mothers; Obstetrics; Pandemics; Policy making; Pregnancy; Pregnant women; Prevalence; Prevention; Protective factors; Public health; Questionnaires; Regression analysis; Risk Factors; Secondary schools; Sex crimes; Sexual assault; Sexually transmitted diseases; Social aspects; Socioeconomic status; Socioeconomics; Statistical analysis; STD; Value; Variables; Violence; Women; Womens health
• ISSN: 1471-2458; 1471-2458
• DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15258-x

Intimate partner violence (IPV) against pregnant women can cause several complications for the mother and her baby, which are life-threatening. Thus, we aimed to find the prevalence of IPV and its associated factors in pregnant women in Shiraz, Iran. This cross-sectional study was conducted among pregnant mothers in Shiraz between July 2020 and January 2021. The questionnaire consisted of four parts: demographic data, socio-economic status (SES), obstetric and medical history, and questions about IPV. Univariate analysis was performed using Chi-square, McNemar, or Fisher's exact test, and variables with p-value