Intimate partner violence is a significant risk factor for adverse pregnancy outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Globally, almost 30% of women report experiencing intimate partner violence. In Australia, intimate partner violence is estimated to affect 2.0% to 4.3% of pregnant women. Those who experience intimate partner violence during pregnancy have poorer perinatal and maternal outcomes, including preterm birth, low birth weight, preterm prelabor rupture of membranes, perinatal death, miscarriage, antepartum hemorrhage, maternal trauma, and death.

Objective

This study aimed to evaluate the maternal and perinatal outcomes among women who reported intimate partner violence in a tertiary Australian hospital.

Study design

This was a retrospective observational study conducted between January 2017 and December 2021 at the Mater Mother's Hospital in Brisbane, Australia.

SUBMITTER: Lockington EP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10698574 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature