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Evidence of a gender effect in the impact of Intimate Partner Violence victimisation on health-related quality of life

Year: 2012

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Evidence for a gender effect in the impact of intimate partner violence victimization on health-related quality of life METHODSRandom samples of non-institutionalized adult (18-64 years) men (n=1646) and women (n=2233), residing in 8 European cities (Granada, Gent, Porto, Ostersund, Stuttgart, London, Athens and Budapest) were evaluated.Violent acts assessed by the Revised Conflict Tactics Scales were coded to provide past year prevalence for each type of violence (psychological, physical, sexual coercion and injury).When all items were answered with 0 ("This has never happened"), participants were coded as non-cases, and as a case otherwise.A variable was coded to express the severity level (as described by the original scale author in minor and severe acts) for all types of violent sustained in the past year, and used as independent variable: no violence, minor acts, severe acts.The eight original dimensions of the SF-36 were coded and t-scored to range from 100 to zero (mean=50, standard deviation=10).The mental (MCS-36) and physical component summary (PCS-36) scores were derived from the eight scales of the SF-36 using principal components analysis with varimax rotation.Higher scores represent better health-related quality-of-life.General linear models were computed to estimate marginal means of summary components extracted from the SF-36 by violence severity and to test sex interactions.Models were adjusted for country, age and education.Differences in the impact of IPV on the SF-36 summary component scores (Mental and Physical) were expressed as unstandardized betas (Standard Error) according to gender.

Source: Research Repository (Kingston University London)