Intimate partner violence during pregnancy and use of antenatal care among rural women in southern Terai of Nepal

Singh, Jitendra Kumar; Evans‐Lacko, Sara; Acharya, Dilaram; Kadel, Rajendra; Gautam, Santosh

doi:10.1016/j.wombi.2017.07.009

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“…27 It is clear that certain perinatal health outcomes such as maternal or neonatal death are an exceptional phenomenon in developed countries, 68 but this study highlights the fact that violence during pregnancy can have numerous other consequences for the health of mothers and neonates, which may be preventable if interventions that have been shown to be effective are implemented. 69 In this regard, it must be noted that other outcomes studied to a far lesser extent are associated with different types of IPV, examples being late entry into prenatal care 34,43,49,61 and urinary tract infections. 25,37 In the literature included, the proportion of women at study reporting IPV and geographical distribution of IPV observed among pregnant women follows the same pattern as IPV in women throughout reproductive age (i.e.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Forty-one studies (82%, n = 41) were of high methodological quality (indicating low risk of bias) ( Table 2). [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]28,29,[31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41]43,[46][47][48][49][51][52][53][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][65][66][67] Most of the studies with high or moderate risk of bias obtained low scores in sample selection 30,45,50,54,55,64 or comparability. 27,45,50,…”

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“…The most frequently associated outcomes were miscarriage, 28,33,36,43,48 pre-term birth, 33,46,49,67 low birthweight, 33,38,43,49 and late entry into prenatal care. 43,49,61 Other outcomes associated were perinatal death, 33,46 longer postpartum hospitalisation, 43,46 lower number of antenatal visits, 38,43 premature rupture of membranes, 33,38 previous history of spontaneous abortion, 28,43 and inadequate weight gain during pregnancy. 33,43 Other outcomes associated with undifferentiated IPV are shown in Table 3.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Eight studies with high methodological quality included outcomes of late entry into prenatal care. Three found an association with undifferentiated IPV, 43,49,61 and one found an association with physical, psychological and sexual IPV. 34 In all four studies, women exposed to IPV started prenatal care later than did women not exposed to IPV.…”

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confidence: 97%

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Intimate partner violence and perinatal health: a systematic review

Pastor‐Moreno

Ruíz-Pérez

Henares-Montiel

et al. 2020

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Background Physical, psychological and sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) has been described in the literature as different types of IPV experienced by women during pregnancy all over the world. Objectives To review and summarise systematically the empirical evidence on the links between IPV during pregnancy and the perinatal health of mothers and fetuses/neonates. Search strategy MEDLINE (Ovid), CINAHL, Embase, Nursing@ovid (Ovid) and LILACS were searched (2008–2018). Selection criteria Observational studies that examined perinatal health outcomes (i.e. pre‐term birth, low birthweight, miscarriage, perinatal death and premature rupture of membranes) in pregnant women exposed to IPV. Data collection and analysis Information on study characteristics, type of IPV measured, study design, methodological quality and outcome variable extracted. Results Fifty studies were included. Twenty‐nine analysed undifferentiated IPV (n = 25 489), 34 included physical IPV (n = 7333), 22 analysed psychological IPV (n = 7833) and 18 examined sexual IPV (n = 2388). Fifteen studies were from Asia, 12 from North America and Oceania, and 12 from Central and South America. The studies examined the association between IPV and 39 different perinatal health outcomes. The most frequent outcomes reported were pre‐term birth (50%), low birthweight (46%), miscarriage (30%), perinatal death (20%) and premature rupture of membranes (20%). A significant association with perinatal health outcomes was reported by 12 of the studies analysing undifferentiated IPV, 18 physical IPV, six psychological IPV and two sexual IPV. Conclusions The relation between IPV and perinatal health outcomes can be seen in different epidemiological designs and countries. In all, 39 different outcomes were identified and 29 were associated with IPV. Tweetable abstract A variety of poor perinatal health outcomes are associated with psychological, physical and sexual IPV.

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Section: Methodological Quality Of Studiesmentioning

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Intimate partner violence and perinatal health: a systematic review

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“…“are you afraid…?”), they are more likely to respond affirmatively. Yet it is relevant to address exposure to violence, especially intimate partner violence, as it has been linked to poor ANC utilization, low birth weight, and preterm delivery, and possibly pregnancy‐associated suicide and homicide…”

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Standardizing the measurement of maternal morbidity: Pilot study results

Barreix

Barbour

McCaw-Binns

et al. 2018

Int J Gynecol Obstet

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ObjectiveTo field test a standardized instrument to measure nonsevere morbidity among antenatal and postpartum women.MethodsA cross‐sectional study was conducted in Jamaica, Kenya, and Malawi (2015–2016). Women presenting for antenatal care (ANC) or postpartum care (PPC) were recruited if they were at least 28 weeks into pregnancy or 6 weeks after delivery. They were interviewed and examined by a doctor, midwife, or nurse. Data were collected and securely stored electronically on a WHO server. Diagnosed conditions were coded and summarized using ICD‐MM.ResultsA total of 1490 women (750 ANC; 740 PPC) averaging 26 years of age participated. Most women (61.6% ANC, 79.1% PPC) were healthy (no diagnosed medical or obstetric conditions). Among ANC women with clinical diagnoses, 18.3% had direct (obstetric) conditions and 18.0% indirect (medical) problems. Prevalences among PPC women were lower (12.7% and 8.6%, respectively). When screening for factors in the expanded morbidity definition, 12.8% (ANC) and 11.0% (PPC) self‐reported exposure to violence.ConclusionNonsevere conditions are distinct from the leading causes of maternal death and may vary across pregnancy and the puerperium. This effort to identify and measure nonsevere morbidity promotes a comprehensive understanding of morbidity, incorporating maternal self‐reporting of exposure to violence, and mental health. Further validation is needed.

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