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Abstract：
BACKGROUND: Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is the range of sexually, psychologically and physically coercive acts used against adult and adolescent women by a current or former male partner. It is a major public health problem globally. This study determined the prevalence, patterns and predictors of IPV amongst female undergraduates in Abia State.
METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted from January - February 2022 amongst 306 female undergraduates in Abia State. A mixed method of an online structured questionnaire created on Google forms & onsite self-administered questionnaire were deployed for data collection. Descriptive, bivariate and multivariate analyses were done using IBM SPSS Version 26.0. The level of significance was set at 5%.
RESULTS: A total of 306 respondents participated in the survey. The overall prevalence of IPV amongst female undergraduates was 51.2% (95% CI: 44.8-57.6%). Emotional abuse was the most common form of abuse 78.9%, followed by Physical abuse 42.0% and Sexual abuse 30.8%. Predictors of IPV reported include female earning/receiving more than their partner monthly (aOR = 2.30; 95% CI: 1.20-4.41); male (partner) alcohol consumption (aOR = 5.17; 95% CI: 2.46-10.88), being a smoker of cigarette/marijuana (aOR = 11.01; 95% CI: 1.26-96.25) and having witnessed domestic violence as a child (aOR = 3.55; 95% CI: I.56-8.07). Adverse effects such as unwanted pregnancies (12%), miscarriages (10%), eating/sleeping disorders (21%) and bruises (23%) amongst others were noted in some of the victims.
CONCLUSIONS: Over half of all female undergraduates in Abia State have experienced IPV with emotional abuse being the commonest. Some Individual and relationship factors were identified as predictors of IPV. We recommend intensifying primary prevention campaigns against risk factors identified like smoking and alcohol consumption.
METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted from January - February 2022 amongst 306 female undergraduates in Abia State. A mixed method of an online structured questionnaire created on Google forms & onsite self-administered questionnaire were deployed for data collection. Descriptive, bivariate and multivariate analyses were done using IBM SPSS Version 26.0. The level of significance was set at 5%.
RESULTS: A total of 306 respondents participated in the survey. The overall prevalence of IPV amongst female undergraduates was 51.2% (95% CI: 44.8-57.6%). Emotional abuse was the most common form of abuse 78.9%, followed by Physical abuse 42.0% and Sexual abuse 30.8%. Predictors of IPV reported include female earning/receiving more than their partner monthly (aOR = 2.30; 95% CI: 1.20-4.41); male (partner) alcohol consumption (aOR = 5.17; 95% CI: 2.46-10.88), being a smoker of cigarette/marijuana (aOR = 11.01; 95% CI: 1.26-96.25) and having witnessed domestic violence as a child (aOR = 3.55; 95% CI: I.56-8.07). Adverse effects such as unwanted pregnancies (12%), miscarriages (10%), eating/sleeping disorders (21%) and bruises (23%) amongst others were noted in some of the victims.
CONCLUSIONS: Over half of all female undergraduates in Abia State have experienced IPV with emotional abuse being the commonest. Some Individual and relationship factors were identified as predictors of IPV. We recommend intensifying primary prevention campaigns against risk factors identified like smoking and alcohol consumption.
摘要：
背景：亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）是性，现在或以前的男性伴侣对成年和青春期女性使用的心理和身体胁迫行为。这是全球范围内的重大公共卫生问题。这项研究确定了患病率，阿比亚州女大学生IPV的模式和预测因素。
方法：一项横断面研究于2022年1月至2月在阿比亚州的306名女大学生中进行。在Google表单上创建的在线结构化问卷和现场自我管理问卷的混合方法被部署用于数据收集。描述性的,使用IBMSPSS版本26.0进行双变量和多变量分析。显著性水平设定为5%。
结果：共有306名受访者参与了调查。女大学生中IPV的总体患病率为51.2％（95％CI：44.8-57.6％）。情绪虐待是最常见的虐待形式78.9%，其次是身体虐待42.0%和性虐待30.8%。报告的IPV预测因素包括女性每月收入/收入高于其伴侣（aOR=2.30;95％CI：1.20-4.41）;男性（伴侣）饮酒（aOR=5.17;95％CI：2.46-10.88），吸烟/大麻（aOR=11.01；95％CI：1.26-96.25），并在儿童时期目睹过家庭暴力（aOR=3.55；95％CI：I.56-8.07）。不良影响，如意外怀孕(12%)，流产（10%），在一些受害者中发现了饮食/睡眠障碍（21％）和瘀伤（23％）。
结论：阿比亚州超过一半的女大学生经历过IPV，其中情感虐待是最常见的。一些个体和关系因素被确定为IPV的预测因子。我们建议加强针对吸烟和饮酒等危险因素的一级预防运动。
方法：一项横断面研究于2022年1月至2月在阿比亚州的306名女大学生中进行。在Google表单上创建的在线结构化问卷和现场自我管理问卷的混合方法被部署用于数据收集。描述性的,使用IBMSPSS版本26.0进行双变量和多变量分析。显著性水平设定为5%。
结果：共有306名受访者参与了调查。女大学生中IPV的总体患病率为51.2％（95％CI：44.8-57.6％）。情绪虐待是最常见的虐待形式78.9%，其次是身体虐待42.0%和性虐待30.8%。报告的IPV预测因素包括女性每月收入/收入高于其伴侣（aOR=2.30;95％CI：1.20-4.41）;男性（伴侣）饮酒（aOR=5.17;95％CI：2.46-10.88），吸烟/大麻（aOR=11.01；95％CI：1.26-96.25），并在儿童时期目睹过家庭暴力（aOR=3.55；95％CI：I.56-8.07）。不良影响，如意外怀孕(12%)，流产（10%），在一些受害者中发现了饮食/睡眠障碍（21％）和瘀伤（23％）。
结论：阿比亚州超过一半的女大学生经历过IPV，其中情感虐待是最常见的。一些个体和关系因素被确定为IPV的预测因子。我们建议加强针对吸烟和饮酒等危险因素的一级预防运动。
