Psychological and Physical Intimate Partner Violence and Maternal Depressive Symptoms during the Pre- and Post-Partum Period among Women Living with HIV in rural South Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Women in South Africa also have high rates of depression and intimate partner violence, and they often co-occur. Women living with HIV who experience IPV are particularly likely to experience elevated levels of depressive symptoms and such symptoms are more likely to persist. Although the association between IPV and depression has been examined extensively, the role of depression on IPV has not. Therefore, this study examined the bidirectional association between intimate partner violence (IPV) and depression in South Africa (SA).

Method

Participants were N=699 pregnant women with HIV in rural SA who completed measures of depressive symptoms and IPV at baseline (M=17.52±5.77 weeks of pregnancy), 32 weeks antenatally, and 6- and 12-months postnatally.

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez VJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7339971 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature