Prevalence and risk factors for domestic violence among infertile Egyptian women: a cross-sectional study

Lotfy, Mohamed; Hamdy, Mostafa A.; Mansour, Amany; Gharib, Waleed F; Ghoneim, Hanan M.; Abbas, Ahmed M.; Ali, Waleed; Ibrahim, Zakia M.

doi:10.1080/13625187.2019.1642467

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“…Primary infertility was encountered as a significant contributing factor in infertile women's exposure to violence ( p ‐value 0.001). This also correlated with previously published results 12 . Some studies reported that IPV would lead to female infertility 34 while others mentioned that it was hard to ascertain which proportion of IPV and infertility contributed to each other 35 .…”

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“…The mean duration of infertility was (3.73 ± 3.61) higher than reported results in a previous study conducted in Egypt (2.84 ± 2.07). The majority of their participants had infertility of less than 2 years (59%), 12 as well as the current results (70.59%).…”

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confidence: 85%

“…Infertile women are twice likely to suffer domestic violence 4,13 . Infertility is a major health concern with a great psychosocial impact, affecting about 12%–25% of couples in Egypt 12,14 . IPV occur at variable rates but align with the reported results by the WHO in the Arab world (37%) 15 .…”

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confidence: 53%

“…Different risk factors to increase the chance of a woman to be exposed to IPV exist; however, these were not appropriately evaluated in Egypt, according to the results of a previous meta‐analysis 11 . One of the significantly reported risk factors was infertility 12 . Infertile women are twice likely to suffer domestic violence 4,13 .…”

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Violence and sexual dysfunction among infertile Egyptian women

Ghoneim

Taha

Ibrahim

et al. 2021

J of Obstet and Gynaecol

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Objective To evaluate domestic violence and sexual dysfunction in infertile women. Materials and Methods We recruited women complaining of infertility (primary or secondary infertility). A control group of fertile women attending the outpatient clinic for any concern was recruited. Domestic violence was evaluated using the Arabic validated NorVold Domestic Abuse Questionnaire (NORAQ). Female sexual function was evaluated using the Arabic validated female sexual function index. Results There was no significant difference between both groups in rates of exposure to violence (p‐value 0.830). Primary infertility was a significant contributing factor in infertile women's exposure to violence (p‐value 0.001). All the studied population had female sexual dysfunction, with more dysfunction was reported by the infertile women (total score 18.87 ± 5.92, 19.51 ± 5.42, p‐value 0.072). They differed significantly in arousal (2.83 ± 1.33, 3.13 ± 1.29, p‐value 0.001) and satisfaction (3.98 ± 1.27, 4.28 ± 1.28, p‐value 0.003) which were impaired in infertile women. Conclusions The recruited infertile women were exposed to violence. Emotional abuse was the most common reported type of violence. Sexual dysfunction was reported in the entire studied population with no significant difference relating to fertility.

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Violence and sexual dysfunction among infertile Egyptian women

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Ibrahim

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“…Most of the studies had been conducted in Iran ( 8articles), 15,20,26,[27][28][29][30][31] and Turkey (7 articles). 17,25,[32][33][34][35][36] Other countries included Nigeria ( 4articles), 18,[37][38][39] (2 articles), 40,41 and India (2 articles), [42][43] with one study on the subject for USA, 25 Rwanda, 44 and Pakistan 45 . In the current study, the highest rate of DV (88.9%) had been reported in Iran.…”

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Domestic Violence against Infertile Women

Sharifi

Jamali

Larki

et al. 2022

Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J

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Domestic violence (DV) against infertile women is an important health concern, which affect their well-being. This systematic review and meta-analysis investigated the prevalence of DV against infertile women. The study was done based on the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analysis (PRISMA) on international electronic databases. Inclusion criteria were cross-sectional studies published in English and Persian journals, which investigated the prevalence of DV against infertile women up to May 2020. Out of 634 studies, 26 cross-sectional studies were systematically reviewed, from which 16 studies were included in the meta-analysis. Violence varied widely in infertile women, from 14.987 to 88.918%. The results of meta-analysis showed that the prevalence of violence was equal to 47.163% (95% CI 34.660 to 59.850%). Psychological and emotional violence was the most common types of violence. Considering high rate of DV, policymakers are recommended to address the problem by providing supportive cares including educational and counseling services. Keywords: Women's Infertility, Violence, Domestic Violence, Intimate Partner Violence

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