Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Intimate partner violence (IPV) among men who have sex with men (MSM) has become a serious and widespread public health issue, which might result in low quality of life and increase the global burden of diseases.

Aim

To quantitatively estimate the pooled prevalence of IPV and its specific forms (physical violence, sexual violence and emotional violence) among MSM.

Methods

Databases of PubMed, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, CNKI, WANFANG Data, and Weipu (CQVIP) Data were searched for identified studies published between January 1990 and August 2020. Random effect meta-analyses were used to synthesize the pooled prevalence and 95% CIs of IPV.

Main outcome measures

The pooled prevalence of IPV in victimization and in perpetration among M

SUBMITTER: Liu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8766270 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature