Intelligence in offspring born to women exposed to intimate partner violence: a population-based cohort study.
Intelligence in offspring born to women exposed to intimate partner violence: a population-based cohort study.
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DOI:
10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15270.1
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发表时间:
2019-01-01
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Emsley, Richard
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Abel, Kathryn M;Heuvelman, Hein;Emsley, Richard
Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a risk factor for developmental problems in offspring. Despite a high prevalence of IPV in the UK and elsewhere, the longer-term outcomes of offspring born to exposed mothers remain under-researched. Methods: Population-based cohort study. We assessed IPV prevalence by type and timing for 3,153 mother-child pairs with complete data within our study population and examined associations between IPV and offspring IQ. We used multiple-imputation to evaluate bias due to our exclusion of observations with missing covariate data. Results: Nearly one in five mothers reported IPV during the study period, with 17.6% reporting emotional violence and 6.8% reporting physical violence. Taking into account potential confounders, the IQ scores of children born to mothers exposed to physical violence remained lower than those of maternally unexposed children (full-scale IQ = -2.8 points [95%CI -4.9 to -0.7], verbal IQ = -2.2 [95%CI -4.4 to -0.1], performance IQ = -2.7 [95%CI -5.0 to -0.5]) and odds of below-average intelligence (IQ