Ratner P A
Can J Nurs Res. 1995 Spring;27(1):31-46.
Data collected via a telephone survey of 406 randomly selected married (including common-law) women were analyzed with respect to 30 potential indicators of exposure to wife abuse. Women who reported exposure to wife abuse within the previous year were more likely than women free of abuse to have terminated their marriage, to have visited an emergency room, to have been hospitalized, and to have contacted public health nurses, psychiatrists, and psychologists, in the preceding year. They also were more likely to have sustained large bruises, lacerations, sprains or strains, and to have more frequent headaches and backaches, psychiatric morbidity, and alcoholism than women free of abuse. The abused women were likely to have more education than their partners, relatively lower total household incomes, and partners who were unemployed. Knowledge of significant indicators can facilitate the identification of women who have experienced wife abuse and lead to the development of more effective screening protocols.
通过对406名随机挑选的已婚（包括事实婚姻）女性进行电话调查收集的数据，针对30个潜在的妻子受虐暴露指标进行了分析。报告在前一年遭受过妻子受虐的女性，比起未受虐的女性，在前一年更有可能终止婚姻、去过急诊室、住过院，以及联系过公共卫生护士、精神科医生和心理学家。比起未受虐的女性，她们也更有可能身上有大面积瘀伤、撕裂伤、扭伤或拉伤，更频繁地头痛和背痛，有精神疾病，以及酗酒。受虐女性的受教育程度可能高于其伴侣，家庭总收入相对较低，且伴侣处于失业状态。了解这些重要指标有助于识别遭受妻子受虐的女性，并促使制定更有效的筛查方案。
