Intimate partner violence and COVID-19 among reproductive age women: A community-based cross-sectional survey, Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Intimate partner violence is one of the most common psychological, physical, and sexual assaults toward women which suit the entire life of women, and nowadays, the magnitude accelerates due to coronavirus pandemic. Hence, this study was aimed to examine the prevalence of intimate partner violence and predictors during coronavirus among childbearing-age residents in Debre Berhan.

Methods

A community-based cross-sectional survey was employed from 1 May to 1 July 2020. Eight items of women abuse screening tool were used to estimate intimate partner violence. Trained data collectors directly interview randomly selected participants. The data were entered using Epi-info V. 7 and analyzed using SPSS V. 23. Descriptive statistics were used to determine the prevalence

SUBMITTER: Shewangzaw Engda A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8808043 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature