Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran.
Department of Biostatistics, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
BMC Womens Health. 2022 Jul 31;22(1):321. doi: 10.1186/s12905-022-01905-9.
Violence against women is a significant health and legal problem and has been declared as a health priority by the World Health Organization. The most common type of violence against women is domestic violence, more prevalent against women with disabilities than other women. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a debilitating neurological disease and has experienced sudden growth in Iran. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of domestic violence and its various types (psychological, economic, physical, and sexual) experienced by women with MS.
In this cross-sectional study, 275 married women with MS were selected using convenience sampling. After obtaining informed consent and reviewing the inclusion and exclusion criteria, the Domestic Violence against Women Questionnaire developed by Mohseni Tabrizi et al. was completed by the participants on a self-report basis. The results were analyzed using SPSS software version 16. To analyze data, statistical tests including chi-square and Fisher exact tests for univariate analysis and logistic regression, were employed.
The mean age of participants was 37.12 ± 8.48 years. Domestic violence in different forms of psychological, economic, physical, and sexual violence was present in 53.1%, 63%, 33.6%, and 20.4% of participants, respectively. Economic violence (33.8%) was the highest, and sexual violence (5.1%) was the lowest rate of severe violence among participants. There was a significant relationship between the overall rate of domestic violence and the variables including income (P = 0.013), spouse's income (P = 0.001), participant's job (P = 0.036) and participant's education (P = 0.001). In logistic regression, the overall rate of domestic violence was higher in participants with education less than a diploma than in participants with a diploma (P = 0.014) and participants with a university education (P = 0.016).
According to the results, providing opportunities such as promoting the social status of women, fulfilling the rights of women with disabilities and debilitating diseases such as MS in society is recommended. Additionally, educating men about the negative impact of domestic violence on the current and future status of the family seems necessary. Providing counseling facilities on various forms of violence, especially domestic violence, for women with MS, is also recommended.
针对妇女的暴力行为是一个严重的健康和法律问题，世界卫生组织已将其宣布为卫生重点。针对妇女的最常见类型的暴力行为是家庭暴力，在残疾妇女中比其他妇女更为普遍。多发性硬化症（MS）是一种使人虚弱的神经系统疾病，在伊朗经历了突然的增长。本研究旨在调查多发性硬化症妇女经历的家庭暴力及其各种类型（心理，经济，身体和性暴力）的流行情况。
在这项横断面研究中，使用便利抽样法选择了 275 名患有多发性硬化症的已婚妇女。在获得知情同意并审查了纳入和排除标准后，参与者基于自我报告完成了由 Mohseni Tabrizi 等人开发的针对妇女的家庭暴力问卷。使用 SPSS 软件版本 16 分析结果。为了分析数据，使用了单变量分析的卡方检验和 Fisher 确切检验以及逻辑回归。
参与者的平均年龄为 37.12±8.48 岁。在心理，经济，身体和性暴力的不同形式中，有 53.1％，63％，33.6％和 20.4％的参与者存在家庭暴力。经济暴力（33.8％）的发生率最高，性暴力（5.1％）的发生率最低。在参与者中，家庭暴力的总体发生率与收入（P=0.013），配偶收入（P=0.001），参与者工作（P=0.036）和参与者教育程度（P=0.001）等变量之间存在显著关系。在逻辑回归中，与具有文凭的参与者相比，教育程度低于文凭的参与者（P=0.014）和具有大学学历的参与者（P=0.016）的家庭暴力总体发生率更高。
根据研究结果，建议为妇女提供机会，例如提高妇女的社会地位，在社会中实现残疾妇女和多发性硬化症等使人虚弱的疾病的权利。此外，似乎有必要对男性进行有关家庭暴力对家庭当前和未来状况的负面影响的教育。还建议为多发性硬化症妇女提供有关各种形式的暴力，尤其是家庭暴力的咨询设施。
