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dc.contributor.authorBrown, S Jen
dc.contributor.authorKrastev, A. Hen
dc.contributor.authorMcDonald, E. Aen
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-30T23:15:19Z-
dc.date.available2022-06-30T23:15:19Z-
dc.date.issued2008en
dc.identifier.citationNo 4 Vol.: 35en
dc.identifier.issn7307659en
dc.identifier.urihttps://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/14807-
dc.formatPages 293-302en
dc.languageenen
dc.titleFear of an Intimate Partner and Women's Health in Early Pregnancy: Findings from the Maternal Health Studyen
dc.title.alternativeBirth-Iss Perinat Cen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-536X.2008.00256.x<Goen
dc.identifier.catalogid12431en
dc.subject.keywordAssociationsen
dc.subject.keywordnew_recorden
dc.subject.keywordPregnancyen
dc.subject.keywordChildbirthen
dc.subject.keywordSeverity indexen
dc.subject.keywordurinary incontinenceen
dc.subject.keywordFecal incontinenceen
dc.subject.keywordPrevalenceen
dc.subject.keywordintimate partner violenceen
dc.subject.keywordConsequencesen
dc.subject.keywordFemale urinary incontinenceen
dc.subject.keywordDomestic violenceen
dc.subject.keywordDepressionen
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dc.relation.urlISI>://000261054600006en
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dc.description.notesBackground: Intimate partner violence affects 1 in 4 women at some stage in their lives. Exposure to violence has short- and long-term consequences for women themselves and their children. The objective of this study was to examine associations between fear of an intimate partner and maternal physical and psychological morbidity in early pregnancy. Method: This paper reports baseline measures from a prospective pregnancy cohort study of 1,507 nulliparous women recruited at six public hospitals in Melbourne, Australia. Results: The study showed that 18.7 percent (280/1,497) of women reported being afraid of an intimate partner at some stage in their lives; 3.1 percent (47/1,497) were afraid in early pregnancy and 15.6 percent (233/1,497) had been afraid before but not during the current pregnancy. Compared with women who had never been afraid of an intimate partner, women who reported being afraid of an intimate partner in early pregnancy (<= 24 wk gestation) were at increased risk of urinary incontinence (adjusted OR = 1.64, 95% CI 0.9-3.1), fecal incontinence (adjusted OR = 3.32, 95% CI 1.2-9.2), vaginal bleeding (adjusted OR = 2.84, 95% CI 1.5-5.5), anxiety (adjusted OR = 10.22, 95% CI 5.0-21.2), and depression (adjusted OR = 4.43, 95% CI 2.1-9.7). Women afraid of an intimate partner before but not during pregnancy experienced a similar pattern of morbidity. Conclusions: Women afraid of an intimate partner both before and during pregnancy have poorer physical and psychological health in early pregnancy. (BIRTH 35:4 December 2008).<br/ >Electronic Resource Number:<br/ >DOI 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2008.00256.x<br/ >Author's Address:<br/ >Brown, SJMurdoch Childrens Res Inst, Healthy Mothers Healthy Families Res Grp, POB 911, Parkville, Vic 3052, AustraliaMurdoch Childrens Res Inst, Healthy Mothers Healthy Families Res Grp, POB 911, Parkville, Vic 3052, AustraliaMurdoch Childrens Res Inst, Healthy Mothers Healthy Families Res Grp, Melbourne, Vic, Australia<br/ >374OWTimes Cited:18Cited References Count:33en
dc.identifier.sourceBirth : issues in perinatal careen
dc.date.entered2014-07-21en
dc.description.physicaldescriptionPages 293-302en
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