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DOI: 10.3310/hta13160 <strong>Health</strong> Technology Assessment 2009; Vol. 13: No. 16<br />

Table 3 Definitions of intimate <strong>partner</strong> violence (IPV) used in studies in Figures 1 and 2<br />

Study Definition of IPV Study Definition of IPV<br />

Bacchus et al.,<br />

200442 Physical, sexual, emotional Johnson et al., 200346 Physical, sexual, emotional<br />

*Bacchus et al.,<br />

200444 Physical, sexual, psychological Keeling, 200452 Physical, emotional<br />

Bowen et al., 200545 Physical, sexual, emotional *Keeling and Birch, 200453 Physical, sexual, emotional,<br />

financial<br />

Boyle and Todd,<br />

200347 Physical, sexual, emotional Mirrlees-Black and Byron, 199940 Physical<br />

Carrado, 199639 Physical Richardson et al., 200241 Physical<br />

Coid et al., 200354 Sexual Sethi et al., 200448 Physical<br />

Dominy and<br />

Rad<strong>for</strong>d, 1996 37<br />

Physical, emotional, sexual and<br />

psychological<br />

*Finney, 2006 38 Physical, emotional, financial and<br />

threats<br />

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Walby and Allen, 200436 Physical, emotional, financial<br />

and threats<br />

*Walby and Allen, 200436 Sexual<br />

*Finney, 200638 Sexual Wright and Kariya, 199750 Physical<br />

John et al., 200451 Physical<br />

Table 4 Logistic regression of population (community vs clinical) and definition of intimate <strong>partner</strong> violence (IPV; physical, emotional/<br />

psychological, threats, sexual an d/or financial) in relation to prevalence<br />

Comparison<br />

Incidence rate<br />

ratio<br />

95% Lower<br />

confidence<br />

limit<br />

95% Upper<br />

confidence<br />

limit p-Value<br />

Lifetime prevalence<br />

Setting: community vs clinical 0.77 0.73 0.82 < 0.001<br />

Count of 2 vs 1 1.22 1.18 1.25 < 0.001<br />

Types of 3 vs 1 0.74 0.66 0.82 < 0.001<br />

Violence 4 vs 1 1.27 1.04 1.56 0.02<br />

One-year prevalence<br />

Setting: community vs clinical 0.24 0.22 0.27 < 0.001<br />

Count of 2 vs 1 1.83 1.70 1.96 < 0.001<br />

Types of 3 vs 1 0.93 0.83 1.05 0.24<br />

Violence 4 vs 1 1.19 0.86 1.65 0.30<br />

<strong>does</strong> not seem to predict prevalence. Within the<br />

clinical population studies, the prevalence seems<br />

to be highest in <strong>women</strong> attending accident and<br />

emergency departments. The lowest prevalence<br />

appears to be in antenatal populations; however,<br />

this may be due to <strong>women</strong> in these samples being<br />

younger than in other clinical populations.<br />

<strong>Health</strong> impact<br />

Results<br />

We found 13 reviews reporting the health<br />

consequences of <strong>partner</strong> violence. Publication dates<br />

ranged from 1995 to 2006. Three reported mental<br />

health outcomes, 57–59 five reported reproductive<br />

health effects 60–64 and five reported effects on<br />

children. 65–69 For details of review study design and<br />

quality appraisal see Appendix 4.3.<br />

Mental health<br />

A meta-analysis by Stith and colleagues 70<br />

synthesised results from primary studies published<br />

between 1980 and 2000 that measured the<br />

association of <strong>partner</strong> violence with depression<br />

and with alcohol abuse. Six studies, with a total<br />

of 899 participants, reported the association with<br />

depression. The pooled effect size was moderately<br />

21

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