Interpersonal violence: Serious sequelae for heart disease in women

Mazza, Marianna; Marano, Giuseppe; Castillo, Angela Gonsalez del; Chieffo, Daniela Pia Rosaria; Albano, Gabriella; Biondi‐Zoccai, Giuseppe; Galiuto, Leonarda; Sani, Gabriele; Romagnoli, Enrico

doi:10.4330/wjc.v13.i9.438

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“…COVID-19 has increased the risk of DV with critical complications of mental and cardiovascular health in women. 60 Another study reported that among female survivors of DV, there was an augmented risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and all-cause mortality. 61 Moreover, suicidality, injuries, psychological distress, unhealthy behaviors, sexual risk behaviors, and mental health outcomes have been reported as the consequences of intimate partner violence.…”

Section: Overview Of DV Against Women and Children During Covid-19mentioning

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The global prevalence and its associated factors toward domestic violence against women and children during COVID-19 pandemic—“The shadow pandemic”: A review of cross-sectional studies

Wake

2022

Womens Health (Lond Engl)

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Globally, domestic violence affects women across their life span. Domestic violence against women and children during COVID-19 is a critical and substantial public health issue. This review article was aimed to determine the prevalence and its associated factors toward domestic violence against women and children during COVID-19. Several studies showed that the prevalence of domestic violence against women and children has been alarmingly enlarged during this COVID-19. Domestic violence is a significant and essential problem that is occurring all over the world for many years now, but this condition has been augmented during the lockdown situation because of this pandemic. Women and children of the worldwide are facing twin health emergencies that are COVID-19 and domestic violence. The pandemic was found as a threat to commit domestic violence against women and children. This is because, even though the measurements taken to avoid COVID-19 spread are supportive strategies and also the only opportunity to do so, reducing the risk of COVID-19 was found to raise the risk of domestic violence against women and children. Factors associated with domestic violence against women and children were; being housewives, age < 30 years, marriage, husband’s age being between 31 and 40 years, physical victimization, and sexual victimization were factors associated with domestic violence. Depression, spending more time in close contact, job losses, financial insecurity, lockdowns, addiction (alcohol or drugs), control of wealth in the family, technology, and quarantine were factors considered as risk factors for domestic violence. This review will serve as a “call to action” to address this crisis effectively by coming together since this crisis is the global aspect. This is a shadow pandemic growing during this COVID-19 crisis and a global collective effort is needed to prevent it. The life of women and children moves from their needs to their rights during this pandemic. It is essential to undertake urgent actions to intervene in it.

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Section: Overview Of DV Against Women and Children During Covid-19mentioning

confidence: 99%

The global prevalence and its associated factors toward domestic violence against women and children during COVID-19 pandemic—“The shadow pandemic”: A review of cross-sectional studies

Wake

2022

Womens Health (Lond Engl)

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“…Many participants had one or more physician-diagnosed physical or mental health conditions. Being an IPV survivor or having PTSD is associated with adverse cardiovascular risk profiles (53)(54)(55), and it appears that many of the participants have factors that can elevate risks of developing future cardiovascular disease. Mainly, the participants engaged in healthy behaviors; most were physically active, engaging in sufficient physical activity to meet recommended targets for health (13), reported no or moderate alcohol intake, and only one reported smoking.…”

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Exploring a Dance/Movement Program on Mental Health and Well-Being in Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence During a Pandemic

Özümerzifon¹,

Ross

Brinza³

et al. 2022

Front. Psychiatry

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AimsThe aim of this study was to explore the feasibility and benefits of a 12-session dance/movement program for intimate partner violence survivors' mental health and PTSD symptoms during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The specific purposes were fourfold: (1) To determine the feasibility of delivering a virtual dance/movement workshop program; (2) to examine the effects of the program on symptoms of PTSD and psychological distress; (3) to determine whether heart rate variability improves; and (4) to describe the individual and shared experiences of a subgroup of participants of the program.MethodsForty-five women ages 23–48 years were randomized to a 12-session virtual creative dance/movement program or a usual care control group, and completed questionnaires about PTSD and mental health symptoms, general health, physical activity, and underwent a brief measurement of heart rate variability. A subset of the intervention group participated in a semi-structured focus group.ResultsThe results of the study showed that the female survivors of intimate partner violence who participated in the virtual workshops felt better, and they experienced improved affect and reduced tension. They found new ways to express themselves, attune to their bodies, learn new self-care habits, and build community as they engaged in the workshops. Over the course of the study, the participants' symptoms of PTSD and psychological distress lessened. There were no changes in heart rate variability.ConclusionsThis complex study was successfully completed during a global pandemic and resulted in improvements in some mental health symptoms and overall well-being. Given the importance of this work with intimate partner violence survivors, further work exploring dance/movement workshops for participants virtually and in-person is needed.

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“…In particular, experts have warned that due to COVID-19 lockdown, cardiovascular health of IPV surviving women and the mental health of IPV surviving pregnant women might be severely affected. 13,14 Given the challenges of primary data collection during the pandemic period, shifts in policing priorities, and the absence of alternative sources of primary data, researchers have investigated the trend of IPV during pandemic using either helpline/emergency call logs or police reporting. 11,15 These data indicate significant increases in IPV-related calls during pandemic-led lockdown periods.…”

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Impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on intimate partner violence: Issues of non-reporting in Bangladesh

Mahmood

Kamruzzaman

Rahman

et al. 2022

Womens Health (Lond Engl)

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Introduction: COVID-19 pandemic induced lockdown as prevention and control measure, forced people globally to limit their movements and to stay at home for extended period of time. The objective of this study was to analyze the impact of lockdown on intimate partner violence in Bangladesh. Methods: We conducted a secondary research by employing a Poisson regression model to estimate the effect of pandemic-led lockdown policy on the change in the number of intimate partner violence-related calls during pandemic using national emergency helpline 999 call logs. Data from January 2019 to May 2020 for 64 districts produced 1088 district-month-year observations which had been used for the main analysis. Results: We found a 46% decrease in the incidence rate of intimate partner violence-related calls during the pandemic after adjusting for year, month, district fixed-effects—suggesting, non-reporting of the violence might have exacerbated during lockdown. Conclusion: While increasing rate of intimate partner violence is one side of issue, non-reporting of it has received less attention and during the lockdown non-reporting might grow large and have severe health impacts for women.

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Interpersonal violence: Serious sequelae for heart disease in women

Cited by 6 publications

References 36 publications

The global prevalence and its associated factors toward domestic violence against women and children during COVID-19 pandemic—“The shadow pandemic”: A review of cross-sectional studies

The global prevalence and its associated factors toward domestic violence against women and children during COVID-19 pandemic—“The shadow pandemic”: A review of cross-sectional studies

Exploring a Dance/Movement Program on Mental Health and Well-Being in Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence During a Pandemic

Impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on intimate partner violence: Issues of non-reporting in Bangladesh

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