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Domestic violence and suicide attempts among married women: A case–control study

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  • Farzad Rahmani
  • Shiva Salmasi
  • Farnaz Rahmani
  • Jamie Bird
  • Elnaz Asghari
  • Navide Robai
  • Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi
  • Leila Gholizadeh

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Aims and objectives To investigate the impact of domestic violence‐related factors on suicide attempt in married women. Background Suicide is a global public health concern that poses significant burden on individuals, families and communities. There is limited research on factors predicting suicide attempt in women. Design A retrospective case–control design was adopted. Methods Using a convenience sampling method, 610 participants, admitted to a teaching referral hospital in Northwest of Iran, were recruited to the study and assigned to case or control groups based on whether or not they had attempted suicide. The participants in two groups were matched in the terms of important demographic characteristics. Domestic violence‐related factors were considered as independent variables and suicide attempt as dependent variable. Descriptive statistics, and simple and multivariate logistic regression analysis were used to analyse the data. Odds ratios (OR) of domestic violence‐related factors were compared between the groups. We used STROBE checklist as an EQUATOR in this study. Results The mean age of participants in the case and control groups was 28.4 and 29.45 years, respectively. The infidelity was the strongest predictor of suicide attempt in women (OR 44.57, 95%CI 6.08–326. 63, p

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  • Farzad Rahmani & Shiva Salmasi & Farnaz Rahmani & Jamie Bird & Elnaz Asghari & Navide Robai & Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi & Leila Gholizadeh, 2019. "Domestic violence and suicide attempts among married women: A case–control study," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 28(17-18), pages 3252-3261, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jocnur:v:28:y:2019:i:17-18:p:3252-3261
    DOI: 10.1111/jocn.14901
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