Domestic Violence and its Relationship with Quality of Life in Iranian Women of Reproductive Age

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 453-460

  Asadi, Sonia ^a   Mirghafourvand, Mojgan ^a   Yavarikia, Parisa ^a   Mohammad Alizadeh Charandabi, Sakineh ^b   Nikan, Fariba ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Iran; Quality of life; Reproductive age; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973595105     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-016-9832-0     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Aaronson, N., Ahmedzai, S., Bullinger, M., Crabeels, D., Estape, J., Filiberti, A., Kaasa, S. (1991). The EORTC core quality of life questionnaire: interim results of an international field study. In B. Raton (Ed.), Effect of Cancer on Quality of Life (pp. 185–203). FL: CRC Press.
2. Abbaszadeh, M., Saadati, M., & Kasbokar, H. (2010). Domestic violence is a threat to mental health (demographic study of married women in Tabriz). Societal Security Studies, 7(24), 61–90.
3. Avanci, J., Assis, S., & Oliveira, R. (2013). A cross-sectional analysis of women’s mental health problems: Examining the association with different types of violence among a sample of Brazilian mothers. BMC Womens Health, 13, 20. doi:10.1186/1472-6874-13-20.
4. Ayub, M., Irfan, M., Nasr, T., Lutufullah, M., Kingdon, D., & Naeem, F. (2009). Psychiatric morbidity and domestic violence: A survey of married women in Lahore. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 44(11), 953–960. doi:10.1007/s00127-009-0016-6.
5. Behboodi, Z., Ardabily, H., Salsali, M., Ramezanzadeh, F., & Nedjat, S. (2010). Physical and psychological violence against infertile women. Journal of Family and Reproductive Health, 4(2), 65–67.
6. Bonomi, A. E., Anderson, M. L., Reid, R. J., Rivara, F. P., Carrell, D., & Thompson, R. S. (2009). Medical and psychosocial diagnoses in women with a history of intimate partner violence. Archives of Internal Medicine, 169(18), 1692–1697. doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2009.292.
7. Devries, K. M., Mak, J. Y., Bacchus, L. J., Child, J. C., Falder, G., Petzold, M., et al. (2013). Intimate partner violence and incident depressive symptoms and suicide attempts: A systematic review of longitudinal studies. PLoS Medicine, 10, e1001439. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001439.
8. Dolatian, M., Mirabzadeh, A., Forouzan, A. S., Sajjadi, H., Majdalavi, H., & Moafi, F. (2013). The role of domestic violence in pregnancy on maternal and fetal outcomes, a narrative review in past decade of studies in Iran. Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, 22(79/s), 44–54.
9. Ehrensaft, M. K., Moffitt, T. E., & Caspi, A. (2006). Is domestic violence followed by an increased risk of psychiatric disorders among women but not among men? A longitudinal cohort study. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 163(5), 885–892.
10. Gao, Y. Q., & Jacka, T. (2012). Prevalence of intimate partner violence and its impact on women’s mental health in rural western China: A study of a county in Ningxia. Beijing Da Xue Xue Bao, 44(3), 379–386.
11. Ghahhari, S. H., Mazdarani, S. H., Khalilian, A., & Zarghami, M. (2008). Spouse abuse in sari-Iran. Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 2(1), 31–35.
12. Ghazi Tabatabai, M., Mohsen Tabrizi, A. R., Marjai, S. H. (2004). Studies on domestic violence against women. Tehran: Office of Public Affairs, Ministry of Interior. Center of Women and Family Affairs, Presidency of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
13. Heise, L. (1993). Violence against women: The hidden health burden. World Health Statistics Quarterly, 46(1), 78–85.
14. Heise, L., Ellsberg, M., & Gottmoeller, M. (2002). A global overview of gender-based violence. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 78(1), S5–14.
15. Hosseinzadeh, M., & Fathi, S. (2007). A survey on physical signs of domestic violence and their severity in women referred to Tehran legal medical center. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 13(1), 30–32.
16. Jokar, A., Garmaz Nejad, S., & Sharifi, M. (2005). A study on prevalence rate of intimate partner violence among women attending Yasuj health centers. Armaghan Danesh, 10(37), 81–88.
17. Kelly, U. (2010). Intimate partner violence, physical health, posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and quality of life in latinas. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 11(3), 247–251.
18. Khadivzadeh, T., & Erfanian, F. (2011). Comparison of domestic violence during pregnancy with the pre-pregnancy period and its relating factors. The Iranian Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility, 14(4), 47–56.
19. Krantz, G., Van Phuong, T., Larsson, V., Thi Bich Thuan, N., & Ringsberg, K. C. (2005). Intimate partner violence: Forms, consequences and preparedness to act as perceived by healthcare staff and district and community leaders in a rural district in northern Vietnam. Public Health, 119(11), 1048–1055.
20. Lown, E. A., & Vega, W. A. (2001). Intimate partner violence and health: Self-assessed health, chronic health, and somatic symptoms among Mexican American women. Psychosomatic Medicine, 63(3), 352–360.
21. Mirghafourvand, M., Mohammad-Alizadeh-Charandabi, S., Jafarabadi, M. A., Tavananezhad, N., & Karkhane, M. (2015). Predictors of Health-Related Quality of Life in Iranian Women of Reproductive Age. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 1–15. doi:10.1007/s11482-015-9392-0.
22. Mitchell, A. J., Benito-Leon, J., Gonzalez, J. M., & Rivera-Navarro, J. (2005). Quality of life and its assessment in multiple sclerosis: Integrating physical and psychological components of wellbeing. Lancet Neurology, 4(9), 556–566.
23. Mohammadkhani, P., Rezaei dogane, E., Mohamadi, M., Azadmehr, H. (2006). Family violence pattern prevalence, enacting or experiencing violence in men or women. Social Welfare, 5(21), 205–224
24. Montazeri, A., Goshtasebi, A., Vahdaninia, M., & Gandek, B. (2005). The Short Form Health Survey (SF-36): translation and validation study of the Iranian version. Quality of Life Research, 14(3), 875–882.
25. Saberian, M., Atash Nafas, E., & Behnam, B. (2005). Prevalence of domestic violence in women referred to the heath care centers in Semnan. Koomesh, 6(2), 115–122.
26. Straus, M. A., Hamby, S. L., Boney-McCoy, S., & Sugarman, D. B. (1996). The revised conflict tactics scales (CTS2) development and preliminary psychometric data. Journal of Family Issues, 17(3), 283–316. doi:10.1177/019251396017003001.
27. Taherkhani, S., Mirmohammadali, M., Kazemnejad, A., & Arbabi, M. (2010). Association experience time and fear of domestic violence with the occurrence of depression in women. Scientific Journal of Forensic Medicine, 16(2), 95–106.
28. Ventegodt, S., Merrick, J., & Andersen, N. J. (2003). Quality of life theory III. Maslow revisited. Scientific World Journal, 3, 1050–1057.
29. Ware Jr., J. E., & Gandek, B. (1998). Overview of the SF-36 health survey and the international quality of life assessment (IQOLA) project. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 51(11), 903–912.
30. World Health Organization (1997). WHOQOL: measuring quality of life. Retrieved from: http://www.who.int/iris/handle/10665/63482. Accessed 13 Jan 2015.
31. World Health Organization (1998). Programme on mental health: WHOQOL user manual. Retrieved from: http://www.who.int/iris/handle/10665/77932#sthash.jCXbuNFW.dpuf. Accessed 12 Feb 2014.
32. World Health Organization (2001). Strategic action for the health of women in Europe endorsed at a WHO meeting, Copenhagen, 5–7 February. Retrieved from: http://www.who.int/iris/handle/10665/108447. Accessed 12 Jan 2015.
33. World Health Organization (2005a). Addressing violence against women and achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Retrieved from: http://www.who.int/gender/en. http://www.who.int/gender/documents/MDGs&VAWSept05.pdf
34. World Health Organization (2005b). Multi-country study on women’s health and domestic violence against women: summary report of initial results on prevalence, health outcomes and women’s responses. Retrieved from: http://www.who.int/iris/handle/10665/43310#sthash.6mxLenaR.dpuf. Accessed 12 Jan 2015.
35. World Health Organization (2010). Preventing intimate partner and sexual violence against women: taking action and generating evidence. Retrieved from: http://www.who.int/iris/handle/10665/44350#sthash.q4S9PHm5.dpuf. Accessed 12 Jan 2015.
36. World Health Organization (2013). Responding to Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence Against Women: WHO Clinical and Policy Guidelines. Retrieved from: http://www.who.int/iris/handle/10665/85240 Accessed 12 March 2014.
37. World Health Organization (2014). International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Retrieved from: http://www.searo.who.int/mediacentre/features/2014/international-day-for-the-elimination-of-violence-against-women/en/ Accessed 5 January 2014.
38. Wuest, J., Merritt-Gray, M., Ford-Gilboe, M., Lent, B., Varcoe, C., & Campbell, J. C. (2008). Chronic pain in women survivors of intimate partner violence. Journal of Pain, 9(11), 1049–1057. doi:10.1016/j.jpain.2008.06.009.
39. Zacarias, A. E., Macassa, G., Svanstrom, L., Soares, J. J., & Antai, D. (2012). Intimate partner violence again women in Maputo city, Mozambique. BMC International and Health Human Rights, 12, 35. doi:10.1186/1472-698X-12-35.