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Associations Of Controlling Behavior, Physical And Sexual Violence With Health Symptoms, Tazeen Saeed Ali Dr, Fazal Ather Dr, Aamir Abbas Dr
Associations Of Controlling Behavior, Physical And Sexual Violence With Health Symptoms, Tazeen Saeed Ali Dr, Fazal Ather Dr, Aamir Abbas Dr
Tazeen S Ali Dr
Controlling behavior is often manifested as monitoring, coercing or threatening the partner. Globally, it has been experienced by the women (in range of 5.2% to 56.6%) and often results in their physical and mental ill health. To the best of our knowledge there is no published research on controlling behaviors. Therefore, a cross sectional study was conducted to measure the magnitude of the controlling behaviors and its association to some physical stress symptoms of women. The study was conducted in urban settings of Karachi, Pakistan, using simple random sampling technique. The data was collected by trained midwifes from the 759 …
Lifetime Prevalence Of Emotional/ Psychological Abuse Among Qualified Female Healthcare Providers, Tazeen Saeed Ali Dr, Rozina Karmaliani Dr, Nargis Asad Dr, Azmat Jehan Khan Dr, Farhana Madhani Dr
Lifetime Prevalence Of Emotional/ Psychological Abuse Among Qualified Female Healthcare Providers, Tazeen Saeed Ali Dr, Rozina Karmaliani Dr, Nargis Asad Dr, Azmat Jehan Khan Dr, Farhana Madhani Dr
Tazeen S Ali Dr
The purpose of this study was to determine the lifetime prevalence of emotional/psychological abuse among married female healthcare providers in tertiary care hospitals in Karachi, Pakistan. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in a sample of 350 married female nurses and doctors, recruited from three tertiary healthcare hospitals (one public and two private). This study used the self administered modified truncated WHO multi-country questionnaire. Descriptive and univariate analysis was performed. Of the total sample of 350 female married healthcare providers, 97.7% (n = 342) were reported with one or more forms of domestic violence at some point in their married …