Prevalence of physical and sexual abuse before and during pregnancy among Swedish couples

Abstract

This study demonstrates that a considerable number of women had experienced threats, physical and sexual abuse during pregnancy. There is an obvious need for screening of experience of domestic violence among pregnant women to enhance the safety of women and their unborn babies.

Influence of childhood sexual abuse on pregnancy, delivery, and the early postpartum period in adult women

“…Of the original studies, one focused on unwanted pregnancies [58], and in two there was no differentiation between childhood and adult abuse experiences [18,57]. As the aim of our analysis was to investigate the effect of CSA on pregnancies conducted beyond the 24th gestational week, all three studies were also excluded from our analysis, leaving 18 original studies for meta-content analysis.…”

“…Of the 43 eligible studies, 21 presented original data [1,18,[40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58], six were systematic and nonsystematic reviews [2,59 -63], seven were clinical experiences from medical health professionals dealing with pregnant women or specialists for preparation of labor [64 -69,79], three were personal experiences from women with CSA experiences [70 -72], and five others [73][74][75][76][77][78]80]. Of the original studies, one focused on unwanted pregnancies [58], and in two there was no differentiation between childhood and adult abuse experiences [18,57].…”

“…Of the 43 published manuscripts, 24 [1,2,[44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51]56,57,59,61,64,65,[67][68][69][70][71]73,74,77] focused on the association of CSA experiences and pregnancy in later life. Of these 24 publications, original data were present in 10 studies [1,44 -51,56].…”

Partner, workplace, and stranger abuse during pregnancy in Germany

“…For example, the prevalence of physical or sexual abuse during pregnancy corresponds to those found in clinical studies in the UK, Belgium, and Turkey [15][16][17][18]. The prevalence of 6.7% for psychological, physical, and sexual abuse during pregnancy is lower than the prevalence (14%) found in a prenatal care study in Sweden [19] or the prevalence (8%-15%) found in clinical studies in the USA and Hong Kong [20,21]. In contrast to these studies, most of the psychological abuse reported in the present study occurred in the women's workplace.…”

Les troubles du comportement des femmes enceintes secondaires aux mauvais traitements antérieurement subis

“…Une étude danoise montre que 24 % des femmes reconnaissent avoir été victimes d'abus sexuels dans le passé récent [10].…”