Prevalence of Violence in Iranian Pregnant Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Sharifi, H (通讯作者),Kerman Univ Med Sci, HIV STI Surveillance Res Ctr, Inst Futures Studies Hlth, Kerman, Iran.;Sharifi, H (通讯作者),Kerman Univ Med Sci, Who Collaborating Ctr HIV Surveillance, Inst Futures Studies Hlth, Kerman, Iran.
2022-10
Background and aims Violence against pregnant women is a significant public health problem, resulting in disability and various physical and mental health disorders. This systematic review and meta-analysis explored the prevalence of physical, verbal, sexual, psychological, emotional, economic, and other types of violence among pregnant women in Iran. Methods Bibliographic databases including PubMed, Embase, Web of Science (WoS), and Scopus, and also Iranian databases including Scientific Information Database (SID), Magiran, and Civilica were searched from 2002 to September 16, 2020. Following a random-effects meta-analysis, we estimated the pooled prevalence of exposure to different types of violence among Iranian pregnant women. Overall, 61 articles that met the inclusion criteria were analyzed in this systematic review. Results The prevalence of physical violence was 19.0% (95% confidence intervals [CI]: 14.0, 24.0), verbal violence was 42.0% (95% CI: 24.0, 61.0), sexual violence was 26.0% (95% CI: 20.0, 32.0), psychological violence was 37.0% (95% CI: 28.0, 46.0), emotional violence was 51.0% (95% CI: 40.0, 62.0), economic 39.0% (95% CI: 19.0, 60.0), and the prevalence of other types of violence was 54.0% (95% CI: 46.0, 62.0). Conclusions This study revealed that Iranian pregnant women are often exposed to different types of violence. Therefore, screening for violence in this vulnerable group seems necessary due to the sensitive nature of pregnancy and its importance in maternal left-to-right markhealth. This alarming rate of violence calls for adopting upstream policies and interventions to reduce violent practices against pregnant women in Iran.
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH JOURNAL
卷号:26|期号:10|页码:1983-2019
ISSN:1092-7875|收录类别:SSCI
语种
英语
来源机构
Kerman University of Medical Sciences; Kerman University of Medical Sciences; World Health Organization; Mazandaran University Medical Sciences; Kerman University of Medical Sciences
被引频次(WOS)
0
被引频次(其他)
0
180天使用计数
3
2013以来使用计数
5
EISSN
1573-6628
出版年
2022-10
DOI
10.1007/s10995-022-03463-w
WOS学科分类
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
学科领域
循证公共卫生
关键词
Violence Prevalence Pregnant women Systematic review Iran