Citation

Nelson DB, Grisso JA, Joffe MM, Brensinger CM, Ness RB, McMahon K, Shaw L, Datner E. Fertil. Steril. 2003; 80(5): 1205-1211.

Affiliation

Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6021, USA. dnelson@cceb.med.upenn.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

14607576

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between physical violence, controlling behavior, and spontaneous abortion (SAB). DESIGN: Nested case-control study. SETTING: Emergency department of a university hospital. PATIENT(S): One thousand one hundred ninety-nine pregnant women. MAIN OUTCOME MEASUREMENT(S): Physical violence and controlling behavior. RESULT(S): Cases experienced a SAB (n = 392) and controls maintained their pregnancy through 22 weeks (n = 807). Fifteen percent of women reported violence during the pregnancy, and 49% had reported one or more past episodes of violence. We found no relationship between any measure of physical violence (past, current, or by perpetrator) and the risk of SAB. CONCLUSION(S): Although physical violence was very prevalent in the study population, exposure to violence did not influence the risk of SAB.

Language: en