Global prevalence of intimate partner violence during the COVID-19 pandemic among women: systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During the coronavirus pandemic, people faced strict preventive measures, including staying at home and maintaining social distance, which led to increasing rates of intimate partner violence. Women have been facing dual health emergencies, including COVID-19 and domestic violence. Despite this, there is a lack of representative data on intimate partner violence during the COVID-19 pandemic and inconsistent findings.

Methods

The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines were used to develop the systematic review and meta-analysis. All English-language studies conducted between 31 December 2019 and May 15/2022 were extracted from databases such as PubMed/Medline, CINAHL, and Google Scholar. The quality of the articles was assesse

SUBMITTER: Kifle ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10874578 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature