Association of early life physical and sexual abuse with premature mortality among female nurses: prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore associations between early life physical and sexual abuse and subsequent risk of premature mortality (death before age 70 years).

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

The Nurses' Health Study II (2001-19).

Participants

67 726 female nurses aged 37-54 years when completing a violence victimization questionnaire in 2001.

Main outcome measures

Hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals for total and cause specific premature mortality by childhood or adolescent physical and sexual abuse, estimated by multivariable Cox proportional hazard models.

Results

2410 premature deaths were identified over 18 years of follow-up. Nurses who experienced severe physical abuse or forced sexual activity in childhood and adolescence had a high

SUBMITTER: Wang YX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10155244 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature