Citation

Tashkandi A, Rasheed FP. East Mediterr. Health J. 2009; 15(5): 1242-1253.

Affiliation

Department of Family and Community Medicine, King Fahad Hospital Employee Clinic, Medina, Saudi Arabia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, World Health Organization)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

20214138

Abstract

The aim of this cross-sectional study was to measure the prevalence, severity and type of wife abuse experienced by ever-married women attending primary health centres in Medina, Saudi Arabia. Women were interviewed in private at health centres using a questionnaire which included items from the Modified Conflict Tactic Scale, Kansas Marital Scale and the lie scale of the Minnesota Multiphase Personality Inventory. Of 689 eligible women, 25.7% reported physical abuse and 32.8% emotional abuse without physical violence. Of those physically abused, 36.7% suffered minor and 63.3% severe incidents. The lifetime prevalence of abuse among the women was 57.7%. Only 36.7% of 109 abused women had informed and discussed the issue with their primary care physician.

Language: en