Post-traumatic stress disorders in women victims-survivors of intimate partner violence: a mixed-methods pilot study in a French coordinated structure.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to examine the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in victims-survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) consulting at the specialised and original facility 'Maison des Femmes' (MdF) or in two close municipal health centres (MHCs).

Design

A mixed-methods study using a convergent parallel design from July 2020 to June 2021.

Setting/participants

A questionnaire was proposed to women aged 18 years and over having suffered from IPV, in the MdF and in two MHCs. We also conducted qualitative interviews with a subsample of the women, asking for victim-survivors' perceptions of the effect of the MdF's care.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The presence of a PTSD using the PTSD self-report checklist of symptoms, possib

SUBMITTER: Roland N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10824011 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature