Types of Intimate Partner Violence and Women's Health

Completed

• Conditions: Domestic Violence

• Registration Number: NCT03469739
• Lead Sponsor: University of Bristol

Brief Summary

This study uses data from 29,990 women from 12 different countries collected by the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence to capture the effect of different types, frequency and timing of IPV on self-reported health, symptoms and suicidal behaviours.

Detailed Description

Intimate partner violence (IPV) has detrimental effects on physical and mental health, risks to children and is associated with wider societal and healthcare costs. Previous analysis of the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence found significant associations between physical and sexual IPV and self-reported ill-health, symptomatology and suicidal behaviours.

Real experience of IPV can comprise different combinations of emotional, physical and sexual abuse, and different timings and frequencies of these. A more nuanced testing of exposure to these different combinations of IPV and associations with health is needed.

This study uses data from 29,990 women from 12 different countries collected by the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence to capture the effect of different combination types, frequency and timing of IPV on self-reported health, symptoms and suicidal behaviours.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-06
• Study First Submitted: 2016-06-10
• Primary Completion: 2017-08
• Study Completion: 2017-08
• Status Verified: 2018-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-03-16
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-03-16
• Study First Posted: 2018-03-19
• Last Update Posted: 2018-03-19

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 29990

Inclusion Criteria

• The WHO report that in most sites, a representative sample of women was obtained using a two-stage cluster sampling scheme to select households and then only one woman per household was randomly selected per household for interview.

Exclusion Criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Participant description of their current overall state of health	Preceding 4 weeks	Participant description of their current overall state of health- a choice of options- excellent, good, fair, poor or very poor.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Participant reported medication used for sleep/ pain; measured by questionnaire.	Preceding 4 weeks	Participants reporting medication use
Participant reported ever suicidal thoughts or attempts; measured by questionnaire.	Up to 49 years	Participants reporting ever having suicidal thoughts or ever attempting suicide
Participant reported health in the last 4 weeks- problems walking around, doing usual activities, pain or discomfort, problems with memory or concentration, dizziness or vaginal discharge. Measured by questionnaire.	Preceding 4 weeks	Participant rating of various health aspects in last 4 weeks
Emotional distress. Measured by questionnaire of 20 different symptoms of emotional distress. SRQ-20 (score of 20 different symptoms of emotional distress with yes/no answers)	Preceding 4 weeks	Self Reporting Questionnaire-20 (SRQ-20)- aggregate score of 20 different symptoms of emotional distress with yes/no answers