Zubairu Iliyasu1, Hadiza S Galadanci2, Sanusi Abubakar3, Maryam S Auwal4, Chisom Odoh5, Hamisu M Salihu6, Muktar H Aliyu7. 1. Department of Community Medicine, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital and Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria; Public Health Section, School of Health and Related Research, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK. Electronic address: ziliyasu@yahoo.com. 2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital and Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria. 3. Department of Community Medicine, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital and Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria; Public Health Section, School of Health and Related Research, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK. 4. Department of Community Medicine, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital and Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria. 5. Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States. 6. Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States. 7. Departments of Health Policy and Medicine, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Nashville, United States.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of and risk factors for intimate partner violence (IPV) among women attending a large urban fertility clinic in Kano, Nigeria. METHODS: Interviewers administered questionnaires to a cross-section of women attending an infertility clinic in Northwest Nigeria, regarding their experience of IPV and associated factors. RESULTS: In total, 373 individuals were interviewed. Of the individuals interviewed, 134 (35.9%; 95% confidence Interval [CI] 31.1%-41.0%) had experienced at least one form of IPV in the preceding year. Of the 134 patients who had encountered violence, 126 (94.0%), 111 (82.8%), 47 (35.1%), and 25 (18.7%) had experienced psychological, sexual, verbal, and physical forms of violence, respectively. Of the affected individuals, 34 (25.4%) experienced multiple forms of violence, with spouses being the main perpetrators. A lack of formal education (adjusted odds ratio [OR] 2.21; 95%CI 1.21-7.43), employment in the informal sector (OR 2.01; 95%C: 1.02-4.52), and having an unemployed spouse (OR 1.56; 95%CI 1.02-3.15) or one with low level of education (OR 2.32; 95%CI 1.87-4.21) were independently associated with IPV. CONCLUSION: In this setting, women who were infertile experienced a high incidence of IPV. Women presenting at fertility clinics should be screened for IPV and provided with links to appropriate support services.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of and risk factors for intimate partner violence (IPV) among women attending a large urban fertility clinic in Kano, Nigeria. METHODS: Interviewers administered questionnaires to a cross-section of women attending an infertility clinic in Northwest Nigeria, regarding their experience of IPV and associated factors. RESULTS: In total, 373 individuals were interviewed. Of the individuals interviewed, 134 (35.9%; 95% confidence Interval [CI] 31.1%-41.0%) had experienced at least one form of IPV in the preceding year. Of the 134 patients who had encountered violence, 126 (94.0%), 111 (82.8%), 47 (35.1%), and 25 (18.7%) had experienced psychological, sexual, verbal, and physical forms of violence, respectively. Of the affected individuals, 34 (25.4%) experienced multiple forms of violence, with spouses being the main perpetrators. A lack of formal education (adjusted odds ratio [OR] 2.21; 95%CI 1.21-7.43), employment in the informal sector (OR 2.01; 95%C: 1.02-4.52), and having an unemployed spouse (OR 1.56; 95%CI 1.02-3.15) or one with low level of education (OR 2.32; 95%CI 1.87-4.21) were independently associated with IPV. CONCLUSION: In this setting, women who were infertile experienced a high incidence of IPV. Women presenting at fertility clinics should be screened for IPV and provided with links to appropriate support services.
Authors: Bola Lukman Solanke; Funmilola Folasade Oyinlola; Olaoye James Oyeleye; Benjamin Bukky Ilesanmi Journal: Contracept Reprod Med Date: 2019-09-02