Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
Noetic Minders Health Services, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
J Interpers Violence. 2022 Sep;37(17-18):NP15434-NP15454. doi: 10.1177/08862605211015213. Epub 2021 May 15.
Intimate partner violence (IPV) has been identified as a global health problem with increasing mental health consequences. During the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in Nigeria, couples were compelled to spend more time together, regardless of their pre-existing challenges. Our study aims to determine the prevalence of IPV, its forms, and mental health implications among Nigerian households amid the COVID-19 lockdown. A cross-sectional study was implemented which used the snowball sampling technique to recruit 474 participants across 31 states in Nigeria. A semi-structured online questionnaire was distributed using the WhatsApp platform. The relationship between IPV, its forms, and associated factors were analyzed using descriptive analysis and logistic regression with significant value at ≤ .05 and confidence interval of 95%. Majority (98.1%) of the participants had at least a college degree and 90.1% were employed. Overall prevalence of IPV ranged from 7.2% to 13.5%. Using the lockdown as the landmark, higher prevalence was found before than during the lockdown across physical, emotional, financial, and sexual forms of IPV. Emotional form had the highest prevalence both before and during the lockdown with 11.4% and 3.8% respectively. Furthermore, 22.6% of participants reported that the lockdown affected their mental health. Hopelessness, feelings of failure, being irritable, and constantly under strain were psychological symptoms significantly associated with IPV amid the lockdown. Decreased prevalence of IPV were found in the early phase of the pandemic, suggesting that couples can experience less partner violence during periods of confinement. Our study supports existing evidence that forms of IPV have negative mental health consequences on abused partners.
亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）已被确定为一个具有日益严重心理健康后果的全球健康问题。在尼日利亚 COVID-19 大流行封锁期间，夫妻被迫更多地待在一起，无论他们以前面临什么挑战。我们的研究旨在确定在 COVID-19 封锁期间，尼日利亚家庭中 IPV 的流行率、形式及其对心理健康的影响。我们实施了一项横断面研究，使用雪球抽样技术在尼日利亚 31 个州招募了 474 名参与者。使用 WhatsApp 平台分发了半结构式在线问卷。使用描述性分析和逻辑回归分析了 IPV、其形式及其相关因素之间的关系，显著值为 ≤.05，置信区间为 95%。大多数（98.1%）参与者至少具有大学学历，90.1%有工作。IPV 的总体流行率范围为 7.2%至 13.5%。以封锁为里程碑，在物理、情感、财务和性暴力形式上，发现封锁前的流行率高于封锁期间。情感形式的流行率最高，封锁前和封锁期间分别为 11.4%和 3.8%。此外，22.6%的参与者报告说封锁影响了他们的心理健康。在封锁期间，无望、失败感、易怒和持续紧张是与 IPV 相关的心理症状。在大流行的早期阶段，IPV 的流行率有所下降，这表明在禁闭期间夫妻之间可能会经历较少的伴侣暴力。我们的研究支持现有的证据，即 IPV 的形式对受虐待的伴侣有负面的心理健康后果。
