@article{ref1,
title="Lifetime history of interpersonal partner violence is associated with insomnia among midlife women veterans",
journal="Menopause",
year="2023",
author="Goldstein, Lizabeth A. and Jakubowski, Karen P. and Huang, Alison J. and Seal, Karen H. and Maguen, Shira and Inslicht, Sabra S. and Byers, Amy L. and Gibson, Carolyn J.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Over a third of women in the United States report a lifetime history of intimate partner violence. Although a recent review found that intimate partner violence is related to poor subjective sleep, the majority of studies involved reproductive-aged women and used suboptimal measures of interpersonal violence and/or insomnia. We examined the relationship between lifetime intimate partner violence and current clinical insomnia in a cross-sectional sample of midlife women veterans. <br><br>METHODS: Cross-sectional data were drawn from the Midlife Women Veterans Health Survey. Women Veterans (N = 232) aged 45 to 64 years enrolled in Department of Veterans Affairs health care in Northern California completed an adapted version of the Extended-Hurt, Insult, Threaten, Scream to assess lifetime history of intimate partner violence (screening threshold score and any physical, sexual, and psychological intimate partner violence) and the Insomnia Severity Index to assess current insomnia. <br><br>RESULTS: In multivariable analyses, lifetime history of intimate partner violence was associated with twofold to fourfold odds of current clinical insomnia, including overall intimate partner violence (odds ratio, 3.24; 95% confidence interval, 1.57-6.69), physical intimate partner violence (odds ratio, 2.01; 95% confidence interval, 1.09-3.70), psychological intimate partner violence (odds ratio, 3.98; 95% confidence interval, 2.06-7.71), and sexual intimate partner violence (odds ratio, 2.09; 95% confidence interval, 1.08-4.07). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Lifetime history of intimate partner violence is common and may be associated with clinical insomnia during midlife. <br><br>FINDINGS highlight the importance of screening midlife women for intimate partner violence and recognizing the potential role of this traumatic exposure on women's health.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1072-3714",
doi="10.1097/GME.0000000000002152",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GME.0000000000002152"
}