Recent intimate partner violence against women and health: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We reviewed cohort studies to determine the magnitude and temporal direction of the association between recent intimate partner violence (IPV) and a range of adverse health outcomes or health risk behaviours.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Methods

Medline, EMBASE and PsycINFO were searched from the first record to November 2016. Recent IPV was defined as occurring up to and including the last 12 months; all health outcomes were eligible for inclusion. Results were combined using random-effects meta-analysis.

Results

35 separate cohort studies were retrieved. Eight studies showed evidence of a positive association between recent IPV and subsequent depressive symptoms, with a pooled OR from five estimates of 1.76 (95% CI 1.26 to 2.44, I

SUBMITTER: Bacchus LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6067339 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature