Association of intimate partner violence with probable depression and symptoms of anxiety among women in Mozambique.

IF 3.2 3区医学 Q2 PSYCHIATRY

Archives of Women's Mental Health Pub Date : 2025-04-08 DOI:10.1007/s00737-025-01578-x

Roger Antabe, Yujiro Sano, Gregory Antabe, Sulemana Ansumah Saaka

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Purpose: Women in Mozambique are noted to be at heightened risk of poor mental health. Yet, studies have not examined how their experiences of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) may be associated with mental health outcomes. Our study, therefore, aimed to examine the association between probable depression and symptoms of anxiety with women's experiences of IPV in Mozambique.

Methods: We used nationally representative data from the 2022-23 Mozambique Demographic and Health Survey. Using STATA 17, we applied logistic regression analysis to our analytical sample of 4,454 ever-married women aged 15 to 49 who answered questions related to their experience of emotional, sexual, and physical IPV.

Results: The prevalence of probable depression and symptoms of anxiety were 12% and 13%, respectively. Compared to women who have never experienced any form of IPV, those who had been victims of physical IPV (OR = 2.27, 95% CI = 1.59, 3.23; OR = 2.60, 95% CI = 1.88, 3.58), sexual IPV (OR = 2.38, 95% CI = 1.48, 3.80; OR = 2.16, 95% CI = 1.37, 3.43) and emotional IPV (OR = 3.27, 95% CI = 2.41, 4.44; OR = 3.90, 95% CI = 2.87, 5.29) were all more likely to report depression and symptoms of anxiety, respectively. In addition, we also found the protective effect of higher household wealth and employment against the risk of depression and anxiety among women. Finally, we observed that religious affiliation is associated with depression and anxiety.

Conclusions: We suggest the urgent need to strategize and design a holistic mental health policy in Mozambique which prioritizes eradicating IPV among women. Increasing public awareness about the devastating impact of IPV on women while strengthening the laws that criminalize it will be helpful in this regard.

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莫桑比克妇女亲密伴侣暴力与可能的抑郁和焦虑症状之间的关系。

目的：人们注意到莫桑比克妇女心理健康状况不佳的风险较高。然而，研究尚未调查他们的亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）经历如何与心理健康结果相关。因此，我们的研究旨在检查莫桑比克妇女患IPV经历中可能的抑郁和焦虑症状之间的关系。方法：我们使用了2022-23莫桑比克人口与健康调查的全国代表性数据。使用STATA 17，我们对4454名年龄在15到49岁之间的已婚女性的分析样本进行了逻辑回归分析，这些女性回答了与情感、性和身体IPV经历相关的问题。结果：可能抑郁和焦虑症状的患病率分别为12%和13%。与从未经历过任何形式IPV的妇女相比，那些遭受过身体IPV的妇女(OR = 2.27, 95% CI = 1.59, 3.23；或= 2.60,95% CI = 1.88, 3.58),性IPV (OR = 2.38, 95% CI = 1.48, 3.80;或= 2.16,95% CI = 1.37, 3.43)和情感IPV (OR = 3.27, 95% CI = 2.41, 4.44;OR = 3.90, 95% CI = 2.87, 5.29)都更有可能分别报告抑郁和焦虑症状。此外，我们还发现较高的家庭财富和就业对女性抑郁和焦虑风险的保护作用。最后，我们观察到宗教信仰与抑郁和焦虑有关。结论：我们建议迫切需要在莫桑比克制定战略和设计一项全面的精神卫生政策，优先消除妇女中的IPV。提高公众对IPV对妇女的破坏性影响的认识，同时加强将其定为犯罪的法律，将有助于这方面的工作。

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Archives of Women's Mental Health 医学-精神病学

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8.00

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4.40%

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6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： Archives of Women’s Mental Health is the official journal of the International Association for Women''s Mental Health, Marcé Society and the North American Society for Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynecology (NASPOG). The exchange of knowledge between psychiatrists and obstetrician-gynecologists is one of the major aims of the journal. Its international scope includes psychodynamics, social and biological aspects of all psychiatric and psychosomatic disorders in women. The editors especially welcome interdisciplinary studies, focussing on the interface between psychiatry, psychosomatics, obstetrics and gynecology. Archives of Women’s Mental Health publishes rigorously reviewed research papers, short communications, case reports, review articles, invited editorials, historical perspectives, book reviews, letters to the editor, as well as conference abstracts. Only contributions written in English will be accepted. The journal assists clinicians, teachers and researchers to incorporate knowledge of all aspects of women’s mental health into current and future clinical care and research.