Domestic violence against infertile women

Abstract

Objective: To identify the indicators of domestic violence (DV) aiming infertile women.Patients and Methods: Cross sectional analytic study was conducted in infertility clinics of Maternity Hospital Minia University during the period from January 2014 to December 2014.Women asked to answer a validated questioner during the interview. Questions involved aiming to assess frequency, type and indicators of violence against infertile women.Results: 201 women accepted participation in our study, mean age was 23.9 ± 6.2 years. Among women suffered from violence, 65.7%were housewives, 72% secondary education and 37.8% medium socioeconomic standard. Verbal violence was the most common. Violence often occurred. Most common women reaction was no response to violence, a part from ask for family support. Main indicators of violence are educational level of husband, the presence of second marriage and increase duration of infertility. Type of infertility is not a risk factor for violence.Conclusion: Infertile women are susceptible to violence. All women attended infertility clinics must be screened for presence of violence and offered adequate support. Healthcare staff should consider husband attendance and good counseling about the drawback of all types of violence