Women and intimate partner violence: Prevalence of hospital visits and nature of injuries in the Icelandic population.
To access publisher's full text version of this article click on the hyperlink below Aims: The purpose of this study was to analyse the prevalence of hospital visits and nature of injuries caused by intimate partner violence (IPV) against women and associated costs. Methods: All visits to Lands...
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ftlandspitaliuni:oai:www.hirsla.lsh.is:2336/621393 2023-05-15T16:52:20+02:00 Women and intimate partner violence: Prevalence of hospital visits and nature of injuries in the Icelandic population. Jónasdóttir, Drífa Thorsteinsdottir, Thordis Ásgeirsdóttir, Tinna Laufey Lund, Sigrún H Arnarsson, Eiríkur Örn Ashikali, Eleni Líndal, Þórhildur Mogensen, Brynjólfur 1Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland. 2Research Institute in Emergency Medicine, Reykjavik, Iceland. 3Faculty of Nursing, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland. 4Faculty of Economics, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland. 5The Centre of Public Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland. 6Department of Psychiatry, Landspitali National University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland. 7Formerly at School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. 8The Ombudsman for Children in Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland. 9Emergency Department, Landspitali National University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland. 2020-05 http://hdl.handle.net/2336/621393 https://doi.org/10.1177/1403494820916093 en eng SAGE Publications https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1403494820916093?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed Jónasdóttir D, Thorsteinsdottir T, Ásgeirsdóttir TL, et al. Women and intimate partner violence: Prevalence of hospital visits and nature of injuries in the Icelandic population [published online ahead of print, 2020 Apr 20]. Scand J Public Health. 2020;1403494820916093. doi:10.1177/1403494820916093 32308135 doi:10.1177/1403494820916093 http://hdl.handle.net/2336/621393 1651-1905 Scandinavian journal of public health National Consortium - Landsaðgangur Scandinavian journal of public health 1403494820916093 Sweden Intimate partner violence admissions domestic violence location of injuries prevalence severity Hospitals Article 2020 ftlandspitaliuni https://doi.org/10.1177/1403494820916093 2022-05-29T08:22:32Z To access publisher's full text version of this article click on the hyperlink below Aims: The purpose of this study was to analyse the prevalence of hospital visits and nature of injuries caused by intimate partner violence (IPV) against women and associated costs. Methods: All visits to Landspitali National University Hospital by women 18 years or older subjected to IPV, inflicted by a current or former male partner during 2005-2014, were observed and analysed. Information was obtained on number, date and time of visits and admissions, place of occurrence, patients' and perpetrators' age and relationship, number of perpetrators, medical diagnosis, aetiology, injury severity and cost. Results: The number of new hospital visits due to IPV was 1454, of which 92.6% were to the Emergency Department. The average age of the women was 34 years and 3.2% were admitted. According to the Injury Severity Score, physical injuries were mostly minor (92.4%) and mainly located on the upper body (64.3%) - namely, face, head and neck (37.1%) and upper limbs (27.2%). The majority of injuries were superficial (76.2%) and punching (29.7%), shoving (17.8%), kicking (10.5%) and attempted strangulation (9.8%) were the most common types of aetiology. Repeated new visits were 37.8%. The total cost for the hospital relating to IPV was €783,330. Conclusions: The total number of new visits resulting from IPV was 1454, and prevalence was 1.69 per 1000 women in the capital area over the research period. The majority of women were shown to have minor physical injuries of a superficial nature, located on the upper body. Although a low percentage of women were admitted, the associated cost for visits and admissions was substantial. Human Rights Council of Reykjavik City Ministry of Internal Affairs Ministry of Welfare Equality Fund of Iceland The Women's Shelter Landspitali Science Fund LUH Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Hirsla - Landspítali University Hospital research archive Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 49 3 260 267 |
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To access publisher's full text version of this article click on the hyperlink below Aims: The purpose of this study was to analyse the prevalence of hospital visits and nature of injuries caused by intimate partner violence (IPV) against women and associated costs. Methods: All visits to Landspitali National University Hospital by women 18 years or older subjected to IPV, inflicted by a current or former male partner during 2005-2014, were observed and analysed. Information was obtained on number, date and time of visits and admissions, place of occurrence, patients' and perpetrators' age and relationship, number of perpetrators, medical diagnosis, aetiology, injury severity and cost. Results: The number of new hospital visits due to IPV was 1454, of which 92.6% were to the Emergency Department. The average age of the women was 34 years and 3.2% were admitted. According to the Injury Severity Score, physical injuries were mostly minor (92.4%) and mainly located on the upper body (64.3%) - namely, face, head and neck (37.1%) and upper limbs (27.2%). The majority of injuries were superficial (76.2%) and punching (29.7%), shoving (17.8%), kicking (10.5%) and attempted strangulation (9.8%) were the most common types of aetiology. Repeated new visits were 37.8%. The total cost for the hospital relating to IPV was €783,330. Conclusions: The total number of new visits resulting from IPV was 1454, and prevalence was 1.69 per 1000 women in the capital area over the research period. The majority of women were shown to have minor physical injuries of a superficial nature, located on the upper body. Although a low percentage of women were admitted, the associated cost for visits and admissions was substantial. Human Rights Council of Reykjavik City Ministry of Internal Affairs Ministry of Welfare Equality Fund of Iceland The Women's Shelter Landspitali Science Fund LUH |
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1Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland. 2Research Institute in Emergency Medicine, Reykjavik, Iceland. 3Faculty of Nursing, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland. 4Faculty of Economics, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland. 5The Centre of Public Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland. 6Department of Psychiatry, Landspitali National University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland. 7Formerly at School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. 8The Ombudsman for Children in Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland. 9Emergency Department, Landspitali National University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland. |
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Jónasdóttir, Drífa Thorsteinsdottir, Thordis Ásgeirsdóttir, Tinna Laufey Lund, Sigrún H Arnarsson, Eiríkur Örn Ashikali, Eleni Líndal, Þórhildur Mogensen, Brynjólfur |
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Women and intimate partner violence: Prevalence of hospital visits and nature of injuries in the Icelandic population. |
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Women and intimate partner violence: Prevalence of hospital visits and nature of injuries in the Icelandic population. |
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Women and intimate partner violence: Prevalence of hospital visits and nature of injuries in the Icelandic population. |
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Women and intimate partner violence: Prevalence of hospital visits and nature of injuries in the Icelandic population. |
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Women and intimate partner violence: Prevalence of hospital visits and nature of injuries in the Icelandic population. |
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women and intimate partner violence: prevalence of hospital visits and nature of injuries in the icelandic population. |
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