Another face of violence against women: Infertility

ÖZTÜRK R., TANER A., Guneri S. E., Yilmaz B.

PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, vol.33, no.4, pp.909-914, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 33 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.12669/pjms.334.12862
  • Journal Name: PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.909-914
  • Keywords: Infertile women, Domestic violence, Nursing, INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, PREVALENCE
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Background & Objective: Violence against women is a widespread problem and has serious implications on women's health. Infertility, in many ways, is a very stressful condition that affect social and marital life of a couple; moreover, compared to fertile women, infertile women are twice as vulnerable against violence. Our objective was to determine the prevalence of violence and define the effect of infertility on violence on women receiving infertility treatment.