Department of Public Health, College of Health Science, Arsi University, Asella, Ethiopia.
Department of Anatomy, College of Health Science, Arsi University, Asella, Ethiopia.
Biomed Res Int. 2024 Feb 27;2024:2044708. doi: 10.1155/2024/2044708. eCollection 2024.
Preventive measures, like staying at home during lockdown, are mandatory during the COVID-19 pandemic. Particularly as a result of staying at home, violence against women is beginning to increase in correlation with these measures. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of violence against women of reproductive age during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Arsi Zone.
A community-based cross-sectional study design was employed from February 15 to March 30, 2021. A multistage sampling technique was used to recruit 1458 women aged 15-49 years old. Data entry was performed using Epi info-7 and exported to SPSS version 25 for analysis. A logistic regression analysis was employed to identify factors associated with violence against women at value <0.05 and AOR values with 95% CI.
The prevalence of violence against women during COVID-19 was 51.1% (95% CI 48.5-53.7%). Psychological violence (31.8%) and controlling behavior violence (29.3%) were the leading types of violence followed by economic (20.2%) and sexual violence (15.6%). Respondents who had monthly income of <1000 birr (AOR = 1.72; 95% CI, 1.18, 2.51), 1001-2000 birr (AOR = 2.22; 95% CI, 1.51, 3.27), 2001-3000 birr (AOR = 1.91; 95% CI, 1.26, 2.91), and 3001-4000 birr (AOR = 2.03; 95% CI, 1.31, 3.14), quarreled with their partner's family (AOR = 3.36; 95% CI: 2.14-5.30), witnessed chilhood family violence (AOR = 2.34; 95% CI: 1.81-3.02), and decisions made on the household issue by husband only (AOR = 2.62; 95% CI: 2.01-3.41) or wife only (AOR = 1.99; 95% CI: 1.33-2.98) were significantly associated with violence against women. In addition, we found that participants whose partners cannot read and write (AOR = 2.63; 95% CI: 1.19- 5.81), drink alcohol (AOR = 2.78; 95% CI: 2.10-3.76), chew chat (AOR = 3.27; 95% CI: 2.21-4.85), ever fighting or aggressive with other men (AOR = 2.73; 95% CI: 1.51-4.95), and partners' families taking part in the decision making (AOR = 2.32; 95% CI: 1.49-3.62) were also associated with violence against women.
One in every two women was the victim of any form of violence in the study area. Hence, empowering women's economic status and enhancing community-based health education for males on behavioral lifestyle modification were required to prevent violence against women.
在 COVID-19 大流行期间，预防措施（如封锁期间居家）是强制性的。特别是由于居家，与这些措施相关的，针对妇女的暴力行为开始增加。因此，本研究旨在评估 COVID-19 大流行期间阿尔西地区生殖年龄妇女遭受暴力的流行情况。
本研究采用 2021 年 2 月 15 日至 3 月 30 日期间的基于社区的横断面研究设计。采用多阶段抽样技术招募了 1458 名年龄在 15-49 岁的妇女。使用 Epi info-7 录入数据，并导出到 SPSS 版本 25 进行分析。采用逻辑回归分析识别与妇女遭受暴力相关的因素， 值<0.05 和 AOR 值具有 95%CI。
COVID-19 期间妇女遭受暴力的流行率为 51.1%（95%CI 48.5-53.7%）。心理暴力（31.8%）和控制行为暴力（29.3%）是主要的暴力类型，其次是经济暴力（20.2%）和性暴力（15.6%）。月收入低于 1000 比尔（AOR = 1.72；95%CI，1.18-2.51）、1001-2000 比尔（AOR = 2.22；95%CI，1.51-3.27）、2001-3000 比尔（AOR = 1.91；95%CI，1.26-2.91）和 3001-4000 比尔（AOR = 2.03；95%CI，1.31-3.14）、与伴侣的家人争吵（AOR = 3.36；95%CI：2.14-5.30）、目睹童年家庭暴力（AOR = 2.34；95%CI：1.81-3.02）、丈夫或妻子独自决定家庭事务（AOR = 2.62；95%CI：2.01-3.41）或妻子独自决定（AOR = 1.99；95%CI：1.33-2.98）与妇女遭受暴力有显著关联。此外，我们发现，伴侣无法读写（AOR = 2.63；95%CI：1.19-5.81）、饮酒（AOR = 2.78；95%CI：2.10-3.76）、咀嚼 chat（AOR = 3.27；95%CI：2.21-4.85）、曾与其他男性发生过争吵或攻击性行为（AOR = 2.73；95%CI：1.51-4.95）、伴侣的家人参与决策（AOR = 2.32；95%CI：1.49-3.62）的妇女也与遭受暴力有关。
研究地区每两名妇女中就有一名遭受任何形式的暴力。因此，需要增强妇女的经济地位，并加强针对男性的基于社区的健康教育，以改变行为和生活方式，从而预防针对妇女的暴力行为。
