Relationship between Exposure to Domestic Violence and Depression among Women with Infertility | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 95, Volume 12, Issue 1, March 2021, Pages 1563-1575 PDF (528.63 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.231779 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Neamat Mohamed Ali; Hanaa Ezz Eldin Prince | ||
| Lecturer of psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Infertile women show a higher level of distress, sense of loss of identity, anxiety, feeling of self-defectiveness, and incompetence due to exposure to domestic violence associated with their inability to bear children which may lead to the development of depression. Aim: The current study aimed to examine the relationship between exposure to domestic violence and depression among women with infertility. Design: A descriptive-analytical design was used in this study. Subjects: A purposive sample consisted of 86 women with infertility who were exposed to domestic violence. Setting: The current study was conducted at gynecology outpatient clinics, an In vitro fertilization (IVF) unit, obstetric, and gynecology hospital, affiliated with Ain Shams University hospitals. Tools of data collection: The data was collected using; 1) Infertile Women Interviewing Questionnaire, 2) Infertile Women Exposure to Violence Scale (IWEVS) 3) Beck Depression Inventory. Results: The current study showed that the highest percentage of infertile women understudy subjected to more than one type of violence involve domestic violence, punishment, social pressure, exposure to traditional practice, and social exclusion, representing 37.21±4.69, 25.26±4.03, 22.66±3.52, 11.92±3.00, and 9.05+2.48 respectively. Also, 40.7% of infertile women who were exposed to domestic violence had a mild level of depression and 30.2% of them had borderline clinical depression. Conclusions: Women with infertility experience different types of violence involving domestic violence, punishment, social pressure, exposure to traditional practice, and social exclusion, and more than one-third of them had a mild level of depression. Moreover, there was a highly statistically significant correlation between exposure to domestic violence and levels of depression among infertile women under study. Recommendations: This study recommended that a counseling clinic should be established for infertile women and their partners to improve their coping with stressors associated with infertility and apply an educational interventional program for the prevention of domestic violence, and depression among them. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Domestic Violence; Depression; Women; Infertility | ||
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