Midwifery Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey.
Dev Psychobiol. 2023 Nov;65(7):e22429. doi: 10.1002/dev.22429.
Exposure of pregnant women to physical and emotional violence during pregnancy adversely affects the health of the mother and the fetus. This study aimed to assess the effects of emotional and physical partner violence on prenatal attachment and depression levels in pregnant women. Five-hundred and ten pregnant women in the second and third trimesters were included in the study. A personal information form, the Epidemiological Research Center Depression Scale, and the prenatal attachment inventory (PAI) were used for data collection. Although 7.5% of the pregnant women were exposed to physical partner violence during pregnancy, 24.3% were exposed to emotional partner violence. Depression was observed in 86.9% of the pregnant women, whereas the mean PAI score was 37.29 ± 10.504. There was a statistically significant relationship between the pregnant women's exposure to physical (p = .046) and emotional partner violence (p < .001) and depression. In this study, it was determined that pregnant women's exposure to emotional partner violence poses a risk for depression during pregnancy (p < .002; odds ratio = .143). As professionals working with pregnant women, obstetricians and maternity nurses should inquire about the exposure of pregnant women to partner violence during antenatal follow-ups.
孕妇在孕期遭受身体和情感暴力会对母婴健康产生不良影响。本研究旨在评估伴侣情感和身体暴力对孕妇产前依恋和抑郁水平的影响。本研究纳入了 510 名处于妊娠 2 至 3 个月的孕妇。采用个人信息表、流行病学研究中心抑郁量表和产前依恋量表（PAI）收集数据。尽管 7.5%的孕妇在孕期遭受过身体伴侣暴力，24.3%的孕妇遭受过情感伴侣暴力。86.9%的孕妇出现抑郁症状，而平均 PAI 得分为 37.29±10.504。孕妇遭受身体（p=.046）和情感伴侣暴力（p<.001）与抑郁之间存在统计学显著关系。本研究表明，孕妇遭受情感伴侣暴力会增加孕期抑郁的风险（p<.002；优势比=0.143）。作为与孕妇合作的专业人员，妇产科医生和产妇护士应在产前检查中询问孕妇是否遭受过伴侣暴力。
