TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Studying the effect of infertility on marital violence in Turkish women
JO  - International journal of fertility and sterility
A1  - Akyüz, Aygül
A1  - Seven, Memnun
A1  - Şahiner, Gönül
A1  - Bilal, Bakır
SP  - 286
EP  - 293
VL  - 6
IS  - 4
N2  - BACKGROUND: The aim of this descriptive study was to evaluate the level of marital violence among Turkish women and to determine whether infertility was a risk factor for marital violence.     MATERIALS AND METHODS: This descriptive study was conducted during January-July 2009 at a training hospital. The study groups comprised 204 fertile and 228 infertile women. We administered the Descriptive Information Questionnaire and Scale for Marital Violence against Women (SDVW) to obtain data.     RESULTS: There was a statistically significant difference between infertile and fertile women for the total score of violence in marriage. The emotional, economic and sexual violence scores were higher in the infertile group. However, the verbal violence score was lower.     CONCLUSION: We performed a detailed study aimed at uncovering the presence of any violence from the data collection stage to the end of treatment in infertile couples with the intent to include questions to this effect in the care plan.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2008-076X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -