Association Between Lifetime Interpersonal Violence and Post-COVID-19 Condition Among Women in Kentucky, 2020-2022.

IF 3 4区医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Public Health Reports Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Epub Date: 2024-05-24 DOI:10.1177/00333549241236638

Ayşe Güler, Heather M Bush, Katie Schill, Nurlan Kussainov, Ann L Coker

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Abstract

Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic increased the risk of interpersonal violence. We investigated the association between lifetime interpersonal violence experience and risk of post-COVID-19 condition (the persistence of symptoms of COVID-19 and severity of health problems associated with COVID-19 that last a few weeks, months, or years) among women with lifetime interpersonal violence experience.

Methods: Women participants aged ≥18 years in Kentucky's Wellness, Health & You-COVID-19 study completed online quantitative surveys about the impacts of the pandemic, developing COVID-19, and symptoms of post-COVID-19 condition. We conducted cross-sectional analyses estimating rate ratios of developing COVID-19 and symptoms of post-COVID-19 condition during the pandemic (October 13, 2020-February 28, 2022).

Results: Of the analytic sample (N = 938), 342 (36.5%) disclosed a history of lifetime interpersonal violence. Compared with women with no lifetime interpersonal violence experience, women with lifetime interpersonal violence experience had significantly more distress because of the pandemic, defined as family financial challenges (P = .001), symptoms of mental health challenges (P < .001), and negative coping behaviors (P < .001). While experiencing lifetime interpersonal violence was not significantly associated with either receiving COVID-19 vaccinations (adjusted rate ratio [aRR] = 1.10; 95% CI, 0.75-1.61) or developing COVID-19 (aRR = 1.15; 95% CI, 0.92-1.44), experiencing lifetime interpersonal violence was associated with an increased rate of developing symptoms of post-COVID-19 condition (aRR = 2.09; 95% CI, 1.19-3.65).

Conclusion: Symptoms of post-COVID-19 condition may be linked to lifetime interpersonal violence experience, possibly through stress or violence-associated trauma. Future research is needed to assess the negative effects of the pandemic, prioritizing people with lifetime interpersonal violence experience.

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2020-2022 年肯塔基州妇女一生中遭受的人际暴力与 COVID-19 后状况之间的关系。

目的COVID-19 大流行增加了人际暴力的风险。我们调查了终生经历过人际暴力的女性中，人际暴力经历与 COVID-19 后状况（COVID-19 症状持续存在以及与 COVID-19 相关的健康问题严重程度持续数周、数月或数年）风险之间的关联：肯塔基州 "健康、保健与您-COVID-19 "研究中年龄≥18 岁的女性参与者完成了关于大流行病的影响、COVID-19 的发展以及 COVID-19 后症状的在线定量调查。我们对大流行期间（2020 年 10 月 13 日至 2022 年 2 月 28 日）出现 COVID-19 和 COVID-19 后症状的比率进行了横截面分析：在分析样本（N = 938）中，有 342 人（36.5%）透露其一生中曾遭受过人际暴力。与终生未遭受过人际暴力的妇女相比，终生遭受过人际暴力的妇女因大流行病而受到的困扰明显更多，这些困扰包括家庭经济困难（P = .001）、心理健康困难症状（P P 结论：COVA 后的症状可能会影响妇女的心理健康：COVID-19 后的症状可能与一生中的人际暴力经历有关，可能是通过压力或与暴力有关的创伤造成的。未来的研究需要评估大流行病的负面影响，优先考虑终生经历过人际暴力的人群。

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Public Health Reports 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

CiteScore

5.00

自引率

6.10%

发文量

164

审稿时长

6-12 weeks

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