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Abstract
Intimate partner violence (IPV) exists in all nations and affects women of all ages(Garcia-Moreno et al., 2006).According to WHO Intimate partner violence against women is a universal phenomenon and has crossed over the borders of culture, social and economic classes, education, ethnicity, and age. Violence affects the lives of millions of women worldwide; across all socioeconomic and educational classes (Yildizhan et al., 2009). IPV against women is a costly and pervasive public health problem and a violation of human rights. It can also have far-reaching and long-term consequences for the women’s children and for society (Kishor and Johnson, 2004).
The objectives of the study were assessing the life time prevalence of IPV among married women, the most common forms of violence and the risk factors. The study was a case control nested in cross sectional study. The study was conducted in the context of time frame (from the beginning of June 2015 to January 2017).
The study was conducted in a rural community (Shoubar village), Tanta district, Al Gharbia governorate. Study populations were married women in the child bearing period 18-49 years.
The calculated sample was 336. The sample was selected through a systematic random sample technique. The first house was selected randomly and eligible married ladies in the first house every ten houses were invited to participate in the study. The average number of the cases recruited every day ranged from 10-20 cases per day. All the participants were subjected to an interview .The interview was done for discussion of the study aims and designs, taking consent. Filling the questionnaire with the patient own words and registering their answers in the questionnaire form.
Questionnaires included: Socioeconomic questionnaire was used to collect current data regarding the respondents’ characteristics such as, age, education, occupation, number of children and husband characteristics such as, age, education, occupation and income. Composite abuse scale was used to determine the prevalence of different forms of IPV. It was divided into four subscales and contain thirty questions, eight questions for sever combined violence, eleven questions for emotional violence, seven questions for physical violence and four questions for harassment.
Results; Of 336 selected women, 321 participants were eligible and agreed to participate in the study. These married women were representing all socioeconomic state level, the moderate socioeconomic level was the most prevalent 59.2%.
Severe combined abuse and physical abuse were the most common forms of violence among the studied group, they were ( 35.5% ) and ( 28.3%) respectively, it was found that the most common forms of physical violence were hitting (19.9%), beating up (17.4%), throwing (15.9%) and slapping (14.9%).
The prevalence of emotional abuse was (25.8%), the most common forms of emotional violence had been experience by women was that the husband became upset or angry when the dinner or housework was not done when thought it should be (35.2%) followed by insulting using abusive words. The prevalence of sexual violence was (19%) and the prevalence of harassment was (12.4%) and (15%) of the participants had experienced more than one form of IPV.
The present study showed that the risk factors for different forms of violence were low level of education, unemployment, low family income, large family size and low socioeconomic level. Regarding partner characteristics, it was found that IPV was more among those whose husbands were less educated and unemployed.