Intimate partner violence and physical health consequences
Intimate partner violence and physical health consequences
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DOI:
10.1001/archinte.162.10.1157
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发表时间:
2002-05-27
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通讯作者:
Wynne, C
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作者:
Campbell, J;Jones, AS;Wynne, C
Background: Domestic violence results in long-term and immediate health problems. This study compared selected physical health problems of abused and never abused women with similar access to health care.Methods: A case-control study of enrollees in a multisite metropolitan health maintenance organization sampled 2535 women enrollees aged 21 to 55 years who responded to an invitation to participate; 447 (18%) could not be contacted, 7 (0.3%) were ineligible, and 76 (3%) refused, yielding a sample of 2005. The Abuse Assessment Screen identified women physically and/or sexually abused between January 1, 1989, and December 3 1, 1997, resulting in 201 cases. The 240 controls were a random sample of never abused women. The general health perceptions subscale of the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey measured general health, The Miller Abuse Physical Symptom and Injury Scale measured abuse-specific health problems.Results: Cases and controls differed in ethnicity, marital status, educational level, and income. Direct weights were used to standardize for comparisons. Significance was tested using logistic and negative binomial regressions. Abused women had more (P