Abstract
:Background:Domestic violence during pregnancy is a public health crisis, because it affects both mother and fetus simultaneously, resulting in irreversible consequences for mothers and their newborns. This study was performed to determine the prevalence of sexual violence during pregnancy in the world and Iran as meta-analysis.Methods:This study is a meta-analysis on the prevalence of sexual violence during pregnancy in the world and Iran that was conducted on Persian and English published articles up to 2015. To this end, through searching the information by key words and their compounds at SID, Medlib, Irandoc, Google scholar, Pubmid, ISI, Iranmedex, Scopus and Magiran, all related articles were extracted independently by two trained researchers. The results of studies ana-lyzed using the STATA and Spss16 software.Results:In the initial searching of 167 articles, 33 articles related to Iran, 40 articles related to other parts of the world and totally 73 articles met inclusion criteria for study. The prevalence of sexual violence during pregnancy were estimated in the world 17% (CI95%:15% -18%) and in Iran 28% (CI95%: 23% -32%).The prevalence of sexual violence during pregnancy in Iran is 11 percent more than the world.Conclusions:According to the present meta-analysis results, the prevalence of sexual violence during pregnancy in Iran is high. Given that sexual violence during pregnancy causes damage to the mother and infant, it is recommended that the relevant authorities with the implementation of intervention and educational programs reduce the prevalence of sexual violence during pregnancy.
Highlights
Sexual violence refers to any anti-social behavior that covers touching to sexual assault
In the study conducted in Iran, the prevalence of sexual violence during pregnancy was estimated to be 25.3% (2015),[13] which is estimated in Iranian provinces such as Western Azerbaijan 30.2% (2013),[14] Shiraz 22.3% (2008),[15] Ahvaz 9.3% (2011)[16] and Karaj 3.3% (2012)[17] of the prevalence of sexual violence was observed during pregnancy
Articles were searched using the Persian keywords of prevalence of violence during pregnancy, sexual violence and domestic violence in Iran and the world individually and combined
Summary
Sexual violence refers to any anti-social behavior that covers touching to sexual assault. This study was performed to determine the prevalence of sexual violence during pregnancy in the world and Iran as meta-analysis. Methods: This study is a meta-analysis on the prevalence of sexual violence during pregnancy in the world and Iran that was conducted on Persian and English published articles up to 2015. To this end, through searching the information by key words and their compounds at SID, Medlib, Irandoc, Google scholar, Pubmid, ISI, Iranmedex, Scopus and Magiran, all related articles were extracted independently by two trained researchers. Given that sexual violence during pregnancy causes damage to the mother and infant, it is recommended that the relevant authorities with the implementation of intervention and educational programs reduce the prevalence of sexual violence during pregnancy.
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