Authors :
Hyness Awoye-Godspower; Ishmael Daniel Jaja
Volume/Issue :
Volume 9 - 2024, Issue 12 - December
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DOI :
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Abstract :
Background
Intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrated during
pregnancy exposes not only the woman, but also her
unborn baby to adverse pregnancy outcomes and poses a
great threat to achieving targets one and two of the United
Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3. Previous
studies investigating IPV during pregnancy were done in
urban setting. This study set out to evaluate the
prevalence of IPV during pregnancy and its associated
risk factors in a rural hospital in Rivers State, South-
south Nigeria.
Methodology
This was a cross-sectional study conducted between
March 2024 and August 2024, involving 216 pregnant
women who attended antenatal clinic at the General
Hospital Okrika, Rivers State Nigeria. Consecutive
sampling method was employed, and a structured
questionnaire, adopting the Woman Abuse screening Tool
(WAST) was used to obtain abuse information from the
respondents after obtaining consent. Data were analysed
using IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS)
version 26.0 for windows. Statistical significance was set
at p-value < 0.05. Multivariate analysis model was done
using unconditional binary logistic regression. Odds
ratios were determined at the 95 % level.
Results
Out of the 216 pregnant women who participated in
this study, thirty (13.9 %) experienced at least one of the
three forms of IPV in the index pregnancy. Physical
violence was the most prevalent form of IPV, 22 (10.2%).
The prevalence of sexual and psychological violence was
13 (6.0%) and 18 (8.3%) respectively. The educational
status of the woman (OR=5.161; 95% CI: 1.409-18.908; p-
value 0.013) and social habit of husband (OR=3.840; 95%
CI: 1.28-11.515; p-value 0.016) were significantly
associated with Physical IPV. Only the social habit of the
husband had association with sexual IPV in this study
(OR=6.311; 95% CI: 1.310-30.409; p-value 0.022).
Conclusion
The educational status of the woman and social habit
of the husband were significantly associated with IPV
during pregnancy in this study. Education of the girl-
child, implementation of violence against persons
prohibition law as well as gender equality as stipulated by
the United Nations SDG 5 will bring this menace to its
barest minimum.
Keywords :
Pregnancy, Violence, Intimate Partner, Rural, South-South, Nigeria.
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Background
Intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrated during
pregnancy exposes not only the woman, but also her
unborn baby to adverse pregnancy outcomes and poses a
great threat to achieving targets one and two of the United
Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3. Previous
studies investigating IPV during pregnancy were done in
urban setting. This study set out to evaluate the
prevalence of IPV during pregnancy and its associated
risk factors in a rural hospital in Rivers State, South-
south Nigeria.
Methodology
This was a cross-sectional study conducted between
March 2024 and August 2024, involving 216 pregnant
women who attended antenatal clinic at the General
Hospital Okrika, Rivers State Nigeria. Consecutive
sampling method was employed, and a structured
questionnaire, adopting the Woman Abuse screening Tool
(WAST) was used to obtain abuse information from the
respondents after obtaining consent. Data were analysed
using IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS)
version 26.0 for windows. Statistical significance was set
at p-value < 0.05. Multivariate analysis model was done
using unconditional binary logistic regression. Odds
ratios were determined at the 95 % level.
Results
Out of the 216 pregnant women who participated in
this study, thirty (13.9 %) experienced at least one of the
three forms of IPV in the index pregnancy. Physical
violence was the most prevalent form of IPV, 22 (10.2%).
The prevalence of sexual and psychological violence was
13 (6.0%) and 18 (8.3%) respectively. The educational
status of the woman (OR=5.161; 95% CI: 1.409-18.908; p-
value 0.013) and social habit of husband (OR=3.840; 95%
CI: 1.28-11.515; p-value 0.016) were significantly
associated with Physical IPV. Only the social habit of the
husband had association with sexual IPV in this study
(OR=6.311; 95% CI: 1.310-30.409; p-value 0.022).
Conclusion
The educational status of the woman and social habit
of the husband were significantly associated with IPV
during pregnancy in this study. Education of the girl-
child, implementation of violence against persons
prohibition law as well as gender equality as stipulated by
the United Nations SDG 5 will bring this menace to its
barest minimum.
Keywords :
Pregnancy, Violence, Intimate Partner, Rural, South-South, Nigeria.