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Health Outcomes in Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: A 20-Year Real-World Study

Intimate partner violence is characterized by violent actions against a person perpetrated by his or her former or current partner, regardless of cohabitation. It most frequently affects women, and one of its most relevant outcomes is the health problems associated with the experience of repeated vi...

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Autores principales: Clemente-Teixeira, Maria, Magalhães, Teresa, Barrocas, Joana, Dinis-Oliveira, Ricardo Jorge, Taveira-Gomes, Tiago
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9779804/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36554916
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192417035
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author Clemente-Teixeira, Maria
Magalhães, Teresa
Barrocas, Joana
Dinis-Oliveira, Ricardo Jorge
Taveira-Gomes, Tiago
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Magalhães, Teresa
Barrocas, Joana
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description Intimate partner violence is characterized by violent actions against a person perpetrated by his or her former or current partner, regardless of cohabitation. It most frequently affects women, and one of its most relevant outcomes is the health problems associated with the experience of repeated violence. Thus, the main objective of this study is to analyse the prevalence of health problems among women for whom there was a medical suspicion of being victims of intimate partner violence. The specific objectives are to analyse the prevalence of (a) health risk behaviours; (b) traumatic injuries and intoxications; (c) mental health conditions; and (d) somatic diseases. We conducted a real-world, retrospective, observational, cross-sectional and multicentric study based on secondary data analyses of electronic health records and health care register data in patients of the Local Healthcare Unit of Matosinhos (between 2001 and 2021). The identified data were extracted from electronic health records corresponding to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Safe Harbor Standard. Information was obtained considering the International Classification of Diseases, the International Classification of Primary Care, and the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System, as well as clinical notes (according to previously defined keywords). Considering all information sources, 1676 cases were obtained. This number means that just 2% of the women observed at this health care unit were suspected of being victims of intimate partner violence, which is far from the known statistics. However, we found much higher rates of all health risk behaviours, trauma and intoxication cases, mental health conditions, and somatic disorders we looked for, when compared to the general population. Early detection of these cases is mandatory to prevent or minimize their related health outcomes.
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spelling pubmed-97798042022-12-23 Health Outcomes in Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: A 20-Year Real-World Study Clemente-Teixeira, Maria Magalhães, Teresa Barrocas, Joana Dinis-Oliveira, Ricardo Jorge Taveira-Gomes, Tiago Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Intimate partner violence is characterized by violent actions against a person perpetrated by his or her former or current partner, regardless of cohabitation. It most frequently affects women, and one of its most relevant outcomes is the health problems associated with the experience of repeated violence. Thus, the main objective of this study is to analyse the prevalence of health problems among women for whom there was a medical suspicion of being victims of intimate partner violence. The specific objectives are to analyse the prevalence of (a) health risk behaviours; (b) traumatic injuries and intoxications; (c) mental health conditions; and (d) somatic diseases. We conducted a real-world, retrospective, observational, cross-sectional and multicentric study based on secondary data analyses of electronic health records and health care register data in patients of the Local Healthcare Unit of Matosinhos (between 2001 and 2021). The identified data were extracted from electronic health records corresponding to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Safe Harbor Standard. Information was obtained considering the International Classification of Diseases, the International Classification of Primary Care, and the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System, as well as clinical notes (according to previously defined keywords). Considering all information sources, 1676 cases were obtained. This number means that just 2% of the women observed at this health care unit were suspected of being victims of intimate partner violence, which is far from the known statistics. However, we found much higher rates of all health risk behaviours, trauma and intoxication cases, mental health conditions, and somatic disorders we looked for, when compared to the general population. Early detection of these cases is mandatory to prevent or minimize their related health outcomes. MDPI 2022-12-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9779804/ /pubmed/36554916 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192417035 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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