Citation

Hoskin AK, Watson SL. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2023; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2023, American Medical Association)

DOI

10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2023.0580

PMID

36995696

Abstract

Around the globe, billions of people's lives continue to be affected by violence every year,1 with significant associated morbidity and mortality. One in 3 female individuals, 16 years or older, is reported to have been subjected to physical or sexual violence, usually by an intimate partner. A review of 48 population-based studies in 2017 identified that 45% injuries from intimate partner violence (IPV) involve the eyes.2 In this issue of JAMA Ophthalmology, Alik et al3 ask the question, "What is the epidemiological pattern of IPV-related ocular injury in the adult population of the US?" Their analysis identifies important risk factors including sex, race and ethnicity, and socioeconomic level, which are distinctly different from other causes of ocular injury. Ophthalmology may play an important role, beyond treatment of the injury, to help identify IPV and enable prevention strategies...

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