Domestic violence against pregnant women: A prospective study in a metropolitan city, İstanbul

Violence and adversity among pregnant women and new mothers in central Vietnam

“…The impact of methodological differences is illustrated by comparing two contemporaneous studies from Turkey. P-IPV prevalence estimates were very different (2.4% vs 10.3%), which probably reflects the different methods and instruments used to collect data (Bagcioglu et al, 2014;Sezik & Sonmez, 2014). Bagcioglu et al (2014) only conducted an interview through a clinic nurse at the hospital.…”

“…Bagcioglu et al (2014) only conducted an interview through a clinic nurse at the hospital. Its instrument had specific questions only on physical and sexual abusive experiences (Bagcioglu et al, 2014), while the latter study by Sezik and Sonmez (2014) interviewed pregnant women using the Abuse Assessment Screen questionnaire to measure ongoing, past-year, or lifetime abuse including emotional IPV. James et al (2013) also suggested that the prevalence of p-IPV was substantially lower in at-home surveys (11%) in comparison with 21.3% in the hospital-based interview because respondents may fear disclosing IPV experience at their home.…”