الفهرس 
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCEOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Background: An intimate partner is a person with whom an individual has a close relationship which may be characterized by any of the following; emotional connectedness, regular contact, ongoing physical contact and sexual behaviour, identity as a couple, with familiarity and knowledge about each other’s lives. Intimate partner relationships include current or former, spouses (either married or non-married partners), boyfriends/ girlfriends and ongoing sexual partners. Individuals in intimate partner relationships may or may not be cohabiting and can be of the opposite or same-sex.
Objective: To explore the association between prenatal exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) among pregnant women to adverse birth outcome either maternal or neonatal. Compared to those who are not exposed to IPV. Explore socio-demographic and clinical correlates.
Patients and Methods: The study was conducted in Obstetrics and Gynecology in ASU hospital, in Cairo, Egypt. Between March 2023 and October 2023. Scientific and ethical approval were obtained from both ethical committees of institute of Psychiatry and Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, and the cases who accepted to participate signed a written informed consent that was provided within the study. The study included a total of 50 pregnant women exposed to IPV (cases) and 50 unexposed pregnant women (control group).
Results: Results were displayed to answer questions raised in the hypothesis of this study. Total of 100 subjects included 50 cases of IPV and 50 not exposed controls, the result showed that age, level of education, and occupation of both partners, duration of marriage and number of offspring were not a significant predictor to exposure to intimate partner violence.
Conclusion: Our study has found that the socio-demographic factors do not influence exposure to IPV but affects the type of IPV. The highest prevalent type of violence is physical among our simple. Exposure to IPV during pregnancy affects perinatal outcome such as developing postpartum depression and anxiety, preterm birth and fetal distress. In our study, IPV during pregnancy is a risk factor to develop PPD. Moreover, our study revealed a significant relation between severity of PPD and postpartum anxiety and developing gestational diabetes mellitus and induced abortion. The result of the present study is considered to be preliminary due to low sample size and should be confirmed by larger studies. It is, however, clear from the study that exposure to IPV during pregnancy may affect birth outcome.