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Social Support, Quality of Life and Intimate Partner Violence as Perceived by Women: A comparative Cross-sectional Study

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Last updated: 07 Jan 2025

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Nursing

Abstract

Intimate partner violence (IPV) primarily affects women, harming their quality of life. Strong social support reduces the likelihood and impact of IPV. The aim the study to investigate the relationship between social support, quality of life, and intimate partner violence as perceived by women. Subjects and methods: this study used a comparative cross-sectional design. Researchers gathered data by utilizing tools such as a self-administering interviewing questionnaire. Subject: A sample of 367 married women were chosen by simple random sample from the Maternal and Child Health Center at Benha City. The research results illustrate that over two-thirds of the participants in both the abused seeking help and abused not seeking help groups reported being significantly affected by violence.  Alarmingly, 85.10% of women in the “abused, not seeking help" group indicated a low quality of life.  Conversely, more than half of those who sought assistance reported having a significant other, alongside a robust network of family and friends for emotional support. In conclusion, these results underscore the critical interplay between abuse, social support, and life quality. The negative associations found between experiences of abuse and both life quality and social support highlight the profound detrimental effects of IPV on women's well-being. Based on these findings, we recommend implementation of awareness-raising initiatives to educate communities about the transformative power of strong social support in enhancing the quality of life for women facing violence.

DOI

10.21608/pssjn.2024.340556.1334

Keywords

Intimate Partner violence, quality of life, social support, Women

Authors

First Name

Asmaa

Last Name

AlAbd

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

psychiatric and mental health nursing, Benha university, Egypt

Email

mohammedsami18@yahoo.com

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First Name

Soha

Last Name

Mahmoud

MiddleName

Kamel

Affiliation

Assistant professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt

Email

sohak26@yahoo.com

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First Name

Nglaa

Last Name

Alattar

MiddleName

Fathi

Affiliation

Assistant professor of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt

Email

nagla.alattar@fnur.bu.edu.eg

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First Name

Bahia

Last Name

Siam

MiddleName

Galal

Affiliation

Assistant professor of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University, Egypt

Email

bahia_galal@yahoo.com

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First Name

Eman

Last Name

Abo zeid

MiddleName

Nabawy

Affiliation

Lecturer of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt

Email

eman.abozyd@fnur.bu.edu.eg

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Orcid

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First Name

Omaima

Last Name

Elalem

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Communirt Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University

Email

oelalem15@gmail.com

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Volume

11

Article Issue

4

Related Issue

52427

Issue Date

2024-12-01

Receive Date

2024-11-30

Publish Date

2024-12-30

Page Start

215

Page End

247

Print ISSN

2356-8658

Online ISSN

2682-3241

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866

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Publication Title

Port Said Scientific Journal of Nursing

Publication Link

https://pssjn.journals.ekb.eg/

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Social Support, Quality of Life and Intimate Partner Violence as Perceived by Women: A comparative Cross-sectional Study

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Created At

07 Jan 2025