Citation

Suzuki S, Ymanada F, Eto M. J. Matern. Fetal Neonatal. Med. 2018; 31(11): 1524-1526.

Affiliation

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Japanese Red Cross Katsushika Maternity Hospital , Tokyo , Japan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Informa Healthcare)

DOI

10.1080/14767058.2017.1317739

PMID

28391743

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: We examined the relation between intimate partner violence (IVP) and maternal mental status such as depression and anxiety.

METHODS: Between April 2016 and October 2016, we asked all Japanese women during the first trimester of pregnancy to answer the three self-administered questionnaires to screen IVP and depressive and anxiety symptoms.

RESULTS: There were 19 women who had a high score in the modified Violence Against Women Screen (VAWS) (4.1%, IPV group) and 408 women who had a score 0 (86.8%, control group). Overall, the rate of the women with depressive, anxiety, and depressive plus anxiety symptoms were 21.3, 31.5 and 16.0%, respectively. The rate of depressive and/or anxiety symptoms in the IPV group were significantly higher than those in the control group (Odds ratio = 5.02 and 7.40, p < 0.01 by X(2) test).

CONCLUSION: The significant adverse effect of IPV on maternal mental status seemed to be observed in Japanese women during the first trimester of pregnancy.

Language: en

Keywords

Japan; anxiety symptom; depressive symptom; first trimester of pregnancy; intimate partner violence