Associations of Intimate Partner Violence, Sexual Assault, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder With Menopause Symptoms Among Midlife and Older Women.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Little is known about the prevalence of traumatic exposures among midlife and older women and the association of these traumatic exposures with health issues.

Objective

To examine the associations of intimate partner violence (IPV), sexual assault, and posttraumatic stress with menopause symptoms among midlife and older women.

Design, setting, and participants

A cross-sectional analysis of data from a multiethnic cohort of 2016 women 40 to 80 years of age in the Kaiser Permanente Northern California health care system was conducted from November 15, 2008, to March 30, 2012. Statistical analysis was conducted from June 8, 2016, to September 6, 2017.

Exposures

Lifetime physical or emotional IPV, sexual assault, and current symptoms of posttraumatic str

SUBMITTER: Gibson CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6583410 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature