Nerøien Astrid Irene, Schei Berit
Department of Public Health and General Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
Scand J Public Health. 2008 Mar;36(2):161-8. doi: 10.1177/1403494807085188.
Violence against women has long been considered a hidden health burden. Questions about violence have not been included in health surveys; hence, little is known about prevalence and the consequences for health in the general population. No national study has been conducted in Norway.
To estimate the prevalence of partner violence in Norway and the relationship between victimization and somatic health and depression and anxiety and post-traumatic stress symptoms.
Data collection was performed by Statistics Norway. Among a random sample of women aged 20-55 years, 2,407 women returned the questionnaire (63.3%), of whom 2,143 were ever-partnered. Selected demographic characteristics were obtained from registers.
In total, 26.8% of 2,143 ever-partnered women had experienced any violence by their partner during their lifetime, and 5.5% in the year before the study. Low educational level, being unmarried, separated or divorced, currently being unemployed, receiving social security benefits and having no children were significantly associated with reporting partner violence. Exposure to partner violence was associated with poor health, depressive and post-traumatic stress symptoms, gynaecological complaints, injuries, and disability, and remained so after controlling for age, education, unemployment, relationship break-up and low economic status.
Partner violence is common and was associated with a range of somatic and mental health problems. Thus, violence against women by their partners is an important public health concern.
长期以来，针对女性的暴力行为一直被视为一种隐性的健康负担。健康调查中未包含有关暴力行为的问题；因此，对于普通人群中的患病率及其对健康的影响知之甚少。挪威尚未进行过全国性研究。
估计挪威伴侣暴力的患病率以及受害情况与躯体健康、抑郁、焦虑和创伤后应激症状之间的关系。
由挪威统计局进行数据收集。在20 - 55岁女性的随机样本中，2407名女性返回了问卷（63.3%），其中2143名有过伴侣关系。选定的人口统计学特征从登记册中获取。
在2143名有过伴侣关系的女性中，总计26.8%的女性在其一生中曾遭受伴侣的任何暴力行为，在研究前一年这一比例为5.5%。低教育水平、未婚、分居或离婚、目前失业、领取社会保障福利且没有孩子与报告伴侣暴力行为显著相关。遭受伴侣暴力与健康状况不佳、抑郁和创伤后应激症状、妇科问题、受伤及残疾有关，在控制了年龄、教育程度、失业、关系破裂和低经济地位后依然如此。
伴侣暴力很常见，且与一系列躯体和心理健康问题相关。因此，伴侣对女性的暴力行为是一个重要的公共卫生问题。
