Gelaye Bizu, Arnold Dodie, Williams Michelle A, Goshu Miruts, Berhane Yemane
University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2009 Mar;24(3):464-81. doi: 10.1177/0886260508317173. Epub 2008 May 1.
Little epidemiologic research has focused on the mental health effects of gender-based violence among sub-Saharan African women. The objective of this study was to assess risk of depression and depressive symptoms among 1,102 female undergraduate students who were victims of gender-based violence. Students who reported experience of any gender-based violence were nearly twice as likely to be classified as having moderate depression during the academic year (OR = 1.98, 95% CI = 1.39-2.82) as compared with nonabused students. Compared with nonabused students, those who had experienced both physical and sexual abuse were 4 times more likely to report either moderately severe (OR = 4.32, 95% CI = 2.00-9.31) or severe depressive symptoms (OR = 4.19, 95% CI = 1.01-17.43). Our findings, consistent with previous studies, support the thesis that women's mental health status is adversely affected by exposure to gender-based violence.
撒哈拉以南非洲地区女性中，很少有流行病学研究关注性别暴力对心理健康的影响。本研究的目的是评估1102名遭受性别暴力的女大学生出现抑郁和抑郁症状的风险。报告曾遭受任何性别暴力的学生在学年中被归类为中度抑郁的可能性几乎是非受虐学生的两倍（比值比=1.98，95%置信区间=1.39-2.82）。与非受虐学生相比，那些同时遭受身体虐待和性虐待的学生报告中度严重（比值比=4.32，95%置信区间=2.00-9.31）或严重抑郁症状（比值比=4.19，95%置信区间=1.01-17.43）的可能性高出4倍。我们的研究结果与之前的研究一致，支持了这样的论点，即接触性别暴力会对女性的心理健康状况产生不利影响。
