Adverse health correlates of intimate partner violence against older women: Mining electronic health records.

ABSTRACT: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is often studied as a problem that predominantly affects younger women. However, studies show that older women are also frequently victims of abuse even though the physical effects of abuse are harder to detect. In this study, we mined the electronic health records (EHR) available through IBM Explorys to identify health correlates of IPV that are specific to older women. Our analyses suggested that diagnostic terms that are co-morbid with IPV in older women are dominated by substance abuse and associated toxicities. When we considered differential co-morbidity, i.e., terms that are significantly more associated with IPV in older women compared to younger women, we identified terms spanning mental health issues, musculoskeletal issues, neoplasms, and disorder

SUBMITTER: Yılmaz S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9994723 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature