@article{ref1,
title="Profiling risk of fear of an intimate partner among men and women",
journal="Preventive medicine",
year="2008",
author="Olson, E. Carolyn and Kerker, Bonnie D. and McVeigh, Katharine H. and Stayton, Catherine D. and van Wye, Gretchen and Thorpe, Lilian",
volume="47",
number="5",
pages="559-564",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Fear of a partner, a component of intimate partner violence (IPV), can be used in clinical IPV assessment. This study examines correlates of fear in a population-based, urban sample to inform a gender-specific health care response to IPV. METHODS: This study used pooled data on 9687 men and 13,903 women collected in 2002, 2004 and 2005 through three random-digit-dial surveys of New York City adults. Bivariate and multivariable analyses were used to examine associations between fear and sociodemographic and health-related factors. RESULTS: There was no significant difference in age-adjusted prevalence of reported fear of a partner between women (2.7%) and men (2.2%). In multivariable analysis, fear was correlated with being female, younger age, divorced or separated marital status, poor self-reported health status, and multiple sex partners. The most striking gender difference was in the stronger association with multiple sex partners among women (adjusted Odds Ratio [aOR]=6.2; p<0.05). Binge drinking was correlated with fear only among low-income adults (aOR= 2.8; p<0.01). CONCLUSION: IPV is a health concern for both men and women, and a risk profile for fear can guide IPV assessment in health care. Physicians should consider multiple sex partners in women and alcohol misuse in low-income patients as potential markers for IPV.   <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0091-7435",
doi="10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.08.005",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.08.005"
}