Abstract
Objectives:To find out the relationship of domestic violence with depression, anxiety and quality of life in married women in hospitals of Rawalpindi and Islamabad.Methods:This co-relational study was conducted in Rawalpindi Institute of Health Sciences from January 2019 to December 2019. All the females’ patients who were the victim of domestic violence were the population of the study. Consecutive non-probability sampling technique was used for selection of sampling from the target population. The inclusion criterion for this study was diagnosed case of domestic violence. DASS 21 (The Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale) and Quality of life (WHO) scales were administered to 116 patients.Results:The study’s key results were that domestic abuse has positive relationship with depression, anxiety, and stress. It was also found that domestic abuse has a negative relationship with quality of life of those who have been subjected to domestic violence of this sort.Conclusion:It was concluded that domestic violence whether verbal, physical, emotional or sexual has strongly effects the mental health and quality of life of abused women.
Highlights
Domestic violence is a grave combination of violent and abusive behavior that adults exhibit against their partners
Bibi in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan found that Domestic violence was quite common among married women.[9]
This study found a strong positive relationship between verbal, physical, emotional and sexual domestic violence with anxiety, depression and stress and found that domestic violence has negative relationship with quality of life
Summary
Domestic violence is a grave combination of violent and abusive behavior that adults exhibit against their partners. Domestic violence exists in all ethnic and racial communities across the world and women are mostly among those who are often the victim of domestic violence.[2]. Women have a central role in family in any culture, and their mental, physical and social wellbeing is closely connected to society’s overall wellbeing. Health service providers around the globe are giving much importance to physical, mental and reproductive health of women for a healthy society. WHO report on violence and health illustrated that in most countries of the world women are mostly maltreated, and the major victims of domestic violence. It found that women who were victimized by their partners had higher rates of
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