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Risk factors of anxiety and depressive symptoms in female patients experiencing intimate partner violence in Poland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

H. Karakula-Juchnowicz ,
P. Lukasik ,
J. Morylowska-Topolska ,
D. Juchnowicz ,
P. Krukow  and
M. Flis
H. Karakula-Juchnowicz*
Affiliation:
Medical University of Lublin, Department of Clinical Neuropsychiatry I Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Early Intervention, Lublin, Poland
P. Lukasik
Affiliation:
Public Regional Psychiatric Hospital in Radecznica, Department of Psychiatry, Radecznica, Poland
J. Morylowska-Topolska
Affiliation:
Medical University of Lublin, Department of Clinical Neuropsychiatry, Lublin, Poland
D. Juchnowicz
Affiliation:
University of Pedagogy in Bialystok, Department of Psychology, Bialystok, Poland
P. Krukow
Affiliation:
Medical University of Lublin, Department of Clinical Neuropsychiatry, Lublin, Poland
M. Flis
Affiliation:
Medical University of Lublin, I Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Early Intervention, Lublin, Poland
*
* Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

There is an evidence indicating that women experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) quite common suffer from anxiety and depression, but predictors and protective factors are not well known in this group of patients.

Aim

The aim of the study was to try to find factor that are connected with higher rates of anxiety and depressive symptoms in the group of female patients experiencing IPV.

Method

The study was conducted in six randomly selected centers of primary health care (PHCs) in Lublin province. One hundred and two female patients experiencing IPV were administered a structured questionnaire and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). The sequential models were created with using backward stepwise multiple regression to investigate potential risk and protective factors connected with higher rates of anxiety and depression symptom in the group.

Results

In a study group, 68% in Anxiety Subscale(A) and 56% in Depression Subscale of HADS (D) had positive scores. Living in the country (P = 0.003) was connected with higher scores in HADS-A (P = 0.003) but not in HADS-D. Experiencing physical violence was connected with higher score in HADS-D (P = 0.005), but not in HADS-A. Chronic physical illness (A P = 0.013; D P = 0.015), being unemployed (A P = 0.024; B P = 0.008), and experiencing economic violence (A P < 0.001; D P = 0.001) were connected with higher stores in both Subscales of HADS. Taking financial support (A P = 0.002, D P = 0.003) was the protective factor for both kinds of symptoms.

Conclusions

Socio-economic factors have stronger influence on anxiety and depressive symptoms in women experiencing IPV than demographic factors.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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EV1354
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 33 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 24th European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2016 , pp. S623
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2016
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