Female and male victims of violence in an urban emergency room—prevalence, sociodemographic characteristics, alcohol intake, and injury patterns

Burkert, Nathalie Tatjana; Rásky, Éva; Freidl, Wolfgang; Großschädl, Franziska; Muckenhuber, Johanna; Krassnig, Renate; Gatternig, Regina; Hofer, Herwig-Peter

doi:10.1007/s00508-013-0329-z

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“…(2009), had been subjected in a public place, meaning that this violence was probably not inflicted by an intimate partner, while 40% of the women exposed to violence had been exposed in a domestic setting and a higher percentage may thus have been the victims of violence inflicted by an intimate partner. This results taken together with other research exploring gender differences substance abuse and violence [56] , [57] , [58] , indicates that violence against young women often differs from that against young men, frequently occurring at other places and possibly in other situations, with consequences that are more serious for the health of the women. Young men and women do not face equal risks of exposure to violence.…”

Section: Understanding the Association Between Self-reported Exposuresupporting

confidence: 65%

A life course model of self-reported violence exposure and illhealth with a public health problem perspective

Olofsson¹

2014

AIMS Public Health

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Violence has probably always been part of the human experience. Its impact can be seen, in various forms, in all parts of the world. In 1996, WHO:s Forty-Ninth World Health Assembly adopted a resolution, declaring violence a major and growing public health problem around the world. Public health work centers around health promotion and disease prevention activities in the population and public health is an expression of the health status of the population taking into account both the level and the distribution of health. Exposure to violence can have many aspects, differing throughout the life course ― deprivation of autonomy, financial exploitation, psychological and physical neglect or abuse — but all types share common characteristics: the use of destructive force to control others by depriving them of safety, freedom, health and, in too many instances, life; the epidemic proportions of the problem, particularly among vulnerable groups; a devastating impact on individuals, families, neighborhoods, communities, and society. There is considerable evidence that stressful early life events influence a variety of physical and/or psychological health problems later in life. Childhood adversity has been linked to elevated rates of morbidity and mortality from number of chronic diseases. A model outlining potential biobehavioural pathways is put forward that may be a potential explanation of how exposure to violence among both men and women work as an important risk factor for ill health and should receive greater attention in public health work.

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Section: Understanding the Association Between Self-reported Exposuresupporting

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A life course model of self-reported violence exposure and illhealth with a public health problem perspective

Olofsson¹

2014

AIMS Public Health

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“…Scholars generally consider IPV among men as less severe than IPV against women, whereby the common difference in physical strength between women and men is thought to result in no severe IPV-related injuries to male victims [24]. A Portuguese study found only minor injuries, such as bruises and abrasions on male victims, and sharp weapons were present in only 2.8 % of cases, while an Austrian Emergency Department-based study found no male victims of IPV at all [25,26]. In the United States, female IPV victims were two times more likely to experience abuse with a knife or a gun compared with male victims [27].…”

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Severe intimate partner violence affecting both young and elderly patients of both sexes

Hackenberg

Sallinen

Koljonen

et al. 2016

Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg

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“…A total of 80% of the victims were under the age of 40 and one-third of the patients had consumed alcohol. 20 In a study examining emergency clinic admission rates of 1,441 substance-use patients within last 6 months, no violence was reported in 46.8%, partner violence was reported in 17.3%, nonpartner violence was reported in 20.2%, and both partner and nonpartner violence was reported in 15.7% of the patients. 21 In our study, mean age and rates of violence among women were similar and 17.8% of the victims had a history of alcohol use.…”

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Association between sociodemographic characteristics and anxiety levels of violence-exposed patients admitted to emergency clinic

Hocagil

İzci

Hocagil

et al. 2016

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BackgroundHere we aimed to investigate sociodemographic characteristics, psychiatric history, and association between sociodemographic characteristics and anxiety levels of violence-exposed patients admitted to emergency clinic.MethodsThis study consists of 73 violence-exposed patients admitted to emergency clinic who were literate and agreed to participate in the study. A sociodemographic data form created by us to investigate alcohol-substance abuse, suicide attempt, previous history of trauma, self and family history of psychiatric disorders and Beck Anxiety Inventory was given to the patients.ResultsOf the patients exposed to violence 63% (n=46) were female and 27% (n=27) were male. Of these patients, 68.5% (n=50) were married, 43.8% (n=25) were workers, 34.2% were housewives, 11% were unemployed, and 11% were civil servants. Of the violence-exposed patients, 56.2% (n=41) were primary school, 21.9% (n=16) were high school, and 21.9% (n=16) were university graduates. Smoking and alcohol use rates were 54.8% (n=40) and 17.8% (n=13), respectively. The most common trauma type was assault using physical force with a ratio of 78.1% (n=57). In addition, anxiety scores were high in 42.5% (n=31) and moderate in 9.6% (n=7) of the patients. Mentioned psychiatric disorder was present in 17.8% (n=13) of the patients and 19.2% (n=14) of the patients’ relatives. The correlation between sociodemographic characteristics and anxiety scores revealed that married patients had higher anxiety scores (P<0.01) and patients assaulted by their parents had lower anxiety scores (P<0.00).ConclusionA total of 63% of the violence-exposed patients admitted to emergency room were females, 56.2% were primary school graduates, and 43.8% were factory workers; this result shows that low socioeconomical status and education level affect exposure to trauma especially in females. In addition, ~20% of the patients and patients’ relatives had a psychiatric disorder and 53.4% of perpetrators were parents, spouses, and children; this result shows that psychiatric history and family relations are one of the issues that should be taken into account and treated.

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Female and male victims of violence in an urban emergency room—prevalence, sociodemographic characteristics, alcohol intake, and injury patterns

Cited by 10 publications

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A life course model of self-reported violence exposure and illhealth with a public health problem perspective

A life course model of self-reported violence exposure and illhealth with a public health problem perspective

Severe intimate partner violence affecting both young and elderly patients of both sexes

Association between sociodemographic characteristics and anxiety levels of violence-exposed patients admitted to emergency clinic

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