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Women abuse : A screening study among cases referred to Kasr Al Ainy : Family medicine approach

Thesis

Last updated: 06 Feb 2023

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Family Medicine

Advisors

Shukri, Dina A. , Abdel-Aziz, Shaymaa B. , Abdel-Hamid, Einas T.

Authors

Salama, Riham Abd-Allah Abdel-Hafizh

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2017-07-12 06:41:14

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2017-07-12 06:41:14

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M.Sc. Thesis

Abstract

The United Nations defines violence against women as "any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harmor suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrarydeprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life". Objective of study wast to determine prevalence of violence among female patients attending Kasr AlAiny Hospitals, Outpatient Clinics and determine the commonest form of women abuse. This is a cross sectional study that included 500 Women aged above 18 yearsattending Kasr Al Ainyoutpatient clinics, Cairo University hospitals for anymedical reasonsfrom May 2013 to November 2013.Five hundred women wereselected using a systemic random sample (every 3 patients) for those attendingthe clinic during the working days of the study period were done. A semistructured questionnaire wascompleted by the researcher.Itincluded; sociodemographic data, physical, psychological, sexualviolence. Data was collected, revised andentered using the statistical package SPSS version 16. Women were exposed to physical, psychological, sexual violence by(30.2%),(62.2%) and (7.2%)respectively. Nearly (43.4%) of women were exposed to sexualharassment, (10.8%) of women were exposed to physical violence during pregnancy.The highest prevalence above three quarters (80%) of violence was among marriedwomen.Almost (19.4%) of women were exposed to intimate partner violence.In all typesof violence (38.4%) of violence perpetrators had primary education or illiterate. Out of 272 women patients presenting with IBS 28.7% were exposed tophysical violence.There was significant relation between exposure to violenceandeducationallevel andmaritalstatus of women.There were significant relationsbetween exposures to violence and headache, insomnia, hysterical crying andloss of appetite.

Issued

1 Jan 2014

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.21473/iknito-space/36420

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Thesis

Created At

05 Feb 2023