Aduloju Peter O, Olagbuji Nelson B, Olofinbiyi Ajayi B, Awoleke Jacob O
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria.
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2015 May;188:66-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2015.02.027. Epub 2015 Feb 28.
The study evaluated the prevalence and predictors of intimate partner violence among infertile women attending infertility clinic of Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti.
A cross sectional study of infertile women presenting at the clinic between 1st November 2012 and 31st October 2013 was done. A semi-structured questionnaire on violence was administered to 170 consecutive women who consented to participate. The data were analysed using SPSS 17 and significances test were performed on variables associated with violence with Student's t test and Chi square test. Logistic regression was done to determine predictive factors associated with intimate partner violence.
The prevalence of intimate partner violence associated with infertility among the women was 31.2%. There were no significant differences in the age of the women, duration of marriage and duration of infertility between the women who had experienced violence and those who had not experienced it; p>0.05. Unemployment, polygamous marriage, husbands' social habits, primary infertility and prolonged duration of infertility were associated with violence in these women; p<0.05. Education of the women and their husbands, their religion and ethnicity were not significantly associated with violence; p>0.05. However with logistic regression, the unemployment status of the women and prolonged duration of infertility were the predictors of violence against women with infertility in this study, p value<0.05. More than 50% of the women reported psychological violence as the commonest form of violence experienced by them ever, since the diagnosis of infertility was made and in the past one year. All forms of violence experienced were aggravated by infertility in these women.
Women with infertility are prone to intimate partner violence and this would further aggravate the challenges of infertility being faced by these women.
本研究评估了在埃基蒂州立大学教学医院阿多 - 埃基蒂不孕不育门诊就诊的不孕女性中亲密伴侣暴力的患病率及预测因素。
对2012年11月1日至2013年10月31日期间在该门诊就诊的不孕女性进行了一项横断面研究。对连续170名同意参与的女性发放了一份关于暴力的半结构化问卷。使用SPSS 17对数据进行分析，并对与暴力相关的变量进行学生t检验和卡方检验的显著性检验。进行逻辑回归以确定与亲密伴侣暴力相关的预测因素。
这些女性中与不孕相关的亲密伴侣暴力患病率为31.2%。经历过暴力的女性与未经历过暴力的女性在年龄、婚姻持续时间和不孕持续时间方面无显著差异；p>0.05。失业、一夫多妻制婚姻、丈夫的社会习惯、原发性不孕和不孕持续时间延长与这些女性的暴力行为相关；p<0.05。女性及其丈夫的教育程度、宗教信仰和种族与暴力行为无显著关联；p>0.05。然而，通过逻辑回归分析，在本研究中女性的失业状况和不孕持续时间延长是针对不孕女性暴力行为的预测因素，p值<0.05。超过50%的女性报告称，自确诊不孕以来及过去一年中，心理暴力是她们经历过的最常见暴力形式。这些女性经历的所有形式的暴力都因不孕而加剧。
不孕女性容易遭受亲密伴侣暴力，这将进一步加剧这些女性所面临的不孕挑战。
