Factors Associated with Spouse Physical Abuse

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dc.contributor.authorPeeranuch Rohitsatianen_US
dc.contributor.authorSupranee Angkeawen_US
dc.contributor.authorVaruna Kolkijkovinen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-02-22T09:11:16Z
dc.date.available2011-02-22T09:11:16Z
dc.date.created2010-01-08en_US
dc.date.issued2010-01-08en_US
dc.description.abstractAbstract Factors Associated with Spouse Physical Abuse Peeranuch Rohitsatian           MD* Supranee    Angkeaw              MD* Varuna        Kolkijkovin           MD** *Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, BMA Medical College and Vajira Hospital **Department of Psychiatry, BMA Medical College and Vajira Hospital Objective: To determine the causes, characteristics, severity and factors associated with severity of spouse physical abuse. Study design: Descriptive study. Subjects: A total of 272 physical abused wives visiting at one stop crisis center, BMA Medical College and Vajira Hospital during January 2003 to December 2005 were enrolled. Methods: The personnel and family characteristics, data of physical abuse and its severity, classified into minor and major violence, were gathered from hospital records and analyzed. Main outcome measures: Association between studied factors and severity of spouse physical abuse. Results: Concerning about severity of physical abuse, 83.1% were classified as major violence. The most common act and cause of physical abuse were punching and drunken responsible for 37.9% and 39.7% respectively. Moreover, repeated physical abuse occurred in 68.7%. The wife's low education, history of physical abuse and husband's narcotic usage were significantly associated with major violence of wife's physical abuse. Conclusion: The wife's education, history of physical abuse and husband's narcotic usage were associated with major violence of wife's physical abuse. Vajira Med J 2008 ; 52 : 31 - 38en_US
dc.identifier.citationVajira Medical Journal; Vol. 52 No. 1 January - April 2008; 31-38en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/133156
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherVajira Medical Journalen_US
dc.rightsFaculty of Medicine, Vajira Hospital, University of Bangkok Metropolis, Bangkok, Thailanden_US
dc.source.urihttps://thailand.digitaljournals.org/index.php/VMJ/issue/archiveen_US
dc.source.urihttps://thailand.digitaljournals.org/index.php/VMJ/article/view/553en_US
dc.titleFactors Associated with Spouse Physical Abuseen_US
dc.typeOriginal Articlesen_US
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