Prevalence of emotional, physical and sexual abuse among pregnant women in six European countries
Objectives. The primary objective was to investigate the prevalence of a history of abuse among women attending routine antenatal care in six northern Euro- pean countries. Second, we explored current suffering from reported abuse. Design. A prospective cohort study. Setting. Routine antenatal care...
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ftntnutrondheimi:oai:ntnuopen.ntnu.no:11250/2392617 2023-05-15T16:51:25+02:00 Prevalence of emotional, physical and sexual abuse among pregnant women in six European countries Lukasse, Mirjam Schroll, Anne-Mette Ryding, Else Lena Campbell, Jacquelyn Karro, Helle Kristjansdottir, Hildur Laanpere, Made Steinsgrimsdottir, Thora Tabor, Ann Temmerman, Marleen Van Parys, An-Sofie Wangel, Anne-Marie Schei, Berit 2015-01-07T13:19:40Z http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2392617 https://doi.org/10.1111/aogs.12392 eng eng Wiley Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica 2014, 93(7):669-677 urn:issn:0001-6349 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2392617 https://doi.org/10.1111/aogs.12392 cristin:1133897 669-677 93 Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica 7 Journal article Peer reviewed 2015 ftntnutrondheimi https://doi.org/10.1111/aogs.12392 2019-09-17T06:50:35Z Objectives. The primary objective was to investigate the prevalence of a history of abuse among women attending routine antenatal care in six northern Euro- pean countries. Second, we explored current suffering from reported abuse. Design. A prospective cohort study. Setting. Routine antenatal care in Belgium, Iceland, Denmark, Estonia, Norway, and Sweden between March 2008 and August 2010. Population. A total of 7174 pregnant women. Methods. A ques- tionnaire including a validated instrument measuring emotional, physical and sexual abuse. Main outcome measure. Proportion of women reporting emo- tional, physical and sexual abuse. Severe current suffering defined as a Visual Analogue Scale score of 6. Results. An overall lifetime prevalence of any abuse was reported by 34.8% of the pregnant women. The ranges across the six countries of lifetime prevalence were 9.7–30.8% for physical abuse, 16.2–27.7% for emotional abuse, and 8.3–21.1% for sexual abuse. Few women reported current sexual abuse, 0.4% compared with 2.2% current physical abuse and 2.7% current emotional abuse. Current severe suffering was reported by 6.8% of the women who reported physical abuse, 9.8% of those who reported sexual abuse and 13.5% for emotional abuse. Conclusion. A high proportion of preg- nant women attending routine antenatal care report a history of abuse. About one in ten of them experiences severe current suffering from the reported abuse. In particular, these women might benefit from being identified in the antenatal care setting and being offered specialized care. © Wiley. This is the authors’ accepted and refereed manuscript to the article. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland NTNU Open Archive (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) Norway Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica 93 7 669 677 |
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Objectives. The primary objective was to investigate the prevalence of a history of abuse among women attending routine antenatal care in six northern Euro- pean countries. Second, we explored current suffering from reported abuse. Design. A prospective cohort study. Setting. Routine antenatal care in Belgium, Iceland, Denmark, Estonia, Norway, and Sweden between March 2008 and August 2010. Population. A total of 7174 pregnant women. Methods. A ques- tionnaire including a validated instrument measuring emotional, physical and sexual abuse. Main outcome measure. Proportion of women reporting emo- tional, physical and sexual abuse. Severe current suffering defined as a Visual Analogue Scale score of 6. Results. An overall lifetime prevalence of any abuse was reported by 34.8% of the pregnant women. The ranges across the six countries of lifetime prevalence were 9.7–30.8% for physical abuse, 16.2–27.7% for emotional abuse, and 8.3–21.1% for sexual abuse. Few women reported current sexual abuse, 0.4% compared with 2.2% current physical abuse and 2.7% current emotional abuse. Current severe suffering was reported by 6.8% of the women who reported physical abuse, 9.8% of those who reported sexual abuse and 13.5% for emotional abuse. Conclusion. A high proportion of preg- nant women attending routine antenatal care report a history of abuse. About one in ten of them experiences severe current suffering from the reported abuse. In particular, these women might benefit from being identified in the antenatal care setting and being offered specialized care. © Wiley. This is the authors’ accepted and refereed manuscript to the article. |
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Lukasse, Mirjam Schroll, Anne-Mette Ryding, Else Lena Campbell, Jacquelyn Karro, Helle Kristjansdottir, Hildur Laanpere, Made Steinsgrimsdottir, Thora Tabor, Ann Temmerman, Marleen Van Parys, An-Sofie Wangel, Anne-Marie Schei, Berit |
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Lukasse, Mirjam Schroll, Anne-Mette Ryding, Else Lena Campbell, Jacquelyn Karro, Helle Kristjansdottir, Hildur Laanpere, Made Steinsgrimsdottir, Thora Tabor, Ann Temmerman, Marleen Van Parys, An-Sofie Wangel, Anne-Marie Schei, Berit Prevalence of emotional, physical and sexual abuse among pregnant women in six European countries |
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Lukasse, Mirjam Schroll, Anne-Mette Ryding, Else Lena Campbell, Jacquelyn Karro, Helle Kristjansdottir, Hildur Laanpere, Made Steinsgrimsdottir, Thora Tabor, Ann Temmerman, Marleen Van Parys, An-Sofie Wangel, Anne-Marie Schei, Berit |
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Prevalence of emotional, physical and sexual abuse among pregnant women in six European countries |
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Prevalence of emotional, physical and sexual abuse among pregnant women in six European countries |
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Prevalence of emotional, physical and sexual abuse among pregnant women in six European countries |
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Prevalence of emotional, physical and sexual abuse among pregnant women in six European countries |
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Prevalence of emotional, physical and sexual abuse among pregnant women in six European countries |
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prevalence of emotional, physical and sexual abuse among pregnant women in six european countries |
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