1. Evaluating mental health of spouse abused women
- Author
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Ghahari Sh, Panaghi L, Atef-Vahid MK, Zareii-Doost E, and Mohammadi A
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Spouse abused women ,Mental health ,physical ,sexual and emotional abuse ,Medicine ,Medicine (General) ,R5-920 - Abstract
Background&Objective: Abusing the married women are among one of the most difficult problem in many countries. In the study, mental health status of spouse abused women was evaluated. Materials&Methods: 1186 women were selected randomly from all districts of Tehran, undergoing spouse abuse questionnaire and general health questionnaire (GHQ-28). Collected data were analyzed by SPSS software with t-test and multiple regression analysis. Results: In 1186 study case, 1013 women (85.4%) experienced emotional abuse, 374 ones (31.5%) physical abuse, 360 ones (30.4%) sexual abuse and 206 ones (17.4%) all types of abuse. Also, the abuse victims suffered worse status of general health (p
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- 2007