Heather L McCauley1, Kathryn L Falb2, Tara Streich-Tilles3, Denise Kpebo4, Jhumka Gupta2. 1. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, USA. Electronic address: heather.mccauley@chp.edu. 2. Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, USA; Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University, New Haven, USA. 3. Albany Medical College, Albany, USA. 4. Innovations for Poverty Action, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess the independent associations of partner-perpetrated reproductive coercion, intimate partner violence (IPV), in-law reproductive coercion, and in-law abuse with recent probable post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and to test their relationship with PTSD symptoms when controlling for the other types of abuse among partnered women in rural Côte d'Ivoire. METHODS: Cross-sectional analyses were conducted using logistic generalized estimating equations, which accounted for village-level clustering. Data were drawn from baseline data from a randomized controlled trial among 24 villages in rural Côte d'Ivoire (n=953 partnered women). Three adjusted models were used to test associations of reproductive coercion and abuse with probable PTSD. RESULTS: Partner-perpetrated reproductive coercion was experienced by 176 (18.5%) women. In model 3, which accounted for the co-occurrence of abuses, partner-perpetrated reproductive coercion (odds ratio [OR] 2.3; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.4-3.9) and partner-perpetrated IPV (OR 1.7; 95% CI, 1.1-2.7) were the most significant predictors of past-week probable PTSD (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: Reproductive coercion may be a significant contributor to poor mental health. The mental health impacts of reproductive coercion and IPV should be considered within psychosocial programming for rural Ivorian communities to address the full range of traumatic experiences that may have been experienced by women.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the independent associations of partner-perpetrated reproductive coercion, intimate partner violence (IPV), in-law reproductive coercion, and in-law abuse with recent probable post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and to test their relationship with PTSD symptoms when controlling for the other types of abuse among partnered women in rural Côte d'Ivoire. METHODS: Cross-sectional analyses were conducted using logistic generalized estimating equations, which accounted for village-level clustering. Data were drawn from baseline data from a randomized controlled trial among 24 villages in rural Côte d'Ivoire (n=953 partnered women). Three adjusted models were used to test associations of reproductive coercion and abuse with probable PTSD. RESULTS: Partner-perpetrated reproductive coercion was experienced by 176 (18.5%) women. In model 3, which accounted for the co-occurrence of abuses, partner-perpetrated reproductive coercion (odds ratio [OR] 2.3; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.4-3.9) and partner-perpetrated IPV (OR 1.7; 95% CI, 1.1-2.7) were the most significant predictors of past-week probable PTSD (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: Reproductive coercion may be a significant contributor to poor mental health. The mental health impacts of reproductive coercion and IPV should be considered within psychosocial programming for rural Ivorian communities to address the full range of traumatic experiences that may have been experienced by women.
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