Intimate partner violence as a determinant factor for spontaneous abortion during pregnancy

Background Intimate partner violence affects a significant portion of women worldwide throughout their lifetimes. Ethiopia lacks data that policymakers could utilize to develop context-specific policies for handling intimate partner violence during pregnancy. Objectives To identify the determinants of spontaneous abortion among women survivors of intimate partner violence during pregnancy in Adigrat General Hospital, Northern Ethiopia, in 2020. Methods A facility based, case–control study design was employed to recruit 371 women (124 cases and 247 controls) attending maternal health services in Adigrat General Hospital, Northern Ethiopia, from March 13 to June 12, 2020. Cases and controls were selected using a consecutive sampling technique. A multivariable binary logistic regression model was carried out to identify potential factors, and a p -value of <0.05 was used to declare statistical significance. Results The proportion of any form of intimate partner violence during pregnancy among cases and controls was 53.23 and 34.82%, respectively. Any form of intimate partner violence (AOR = 3.66; 95% CI 1.69–7.95), physical intimate partner violence (AOR = 3.06; 95% CI 1.69–7.95), and an interpregnancy interval of <24 months (AOR = 4.46; 95% CI 1.65, 12.07), were the independent determinants of spontaneous abortion among survivors. Conclusion Spontaneous abortion was significantly associated with exposure to any form of intimate partner violence, including physical intimate partner violence, and a shorter inter-pregnancy interval

Abortion · Domestic violence · Environmental health · Geography · Injury prevention · Logistic regression · Obstetrics · Poison control · Pregnancy · Demography · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Reproductive System and Pregnancy

• Domestic and Family Violence Video Interventions Designed for Women in Healthcare Settings

  Open Access•Matthew Porter, Kerri Gillespie et al.•Trauma Violence & Abuse•2026

  Incluir item

• The health effects associated with physical, sexual and psychological gender-based violence against men and women

  Open Access•Claudia Stein, Luísa Sorio Flor et al.•Nature Human Behaviour•2025

  Incluir item

• Applied Logistic Regression

  David W Hosmer, Stanley Lemeshow•Applied logistic regression•2000

  Incluir item

• Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017

  Open Access•Gregory A Roth, D Abate et al.•The Lancet•2018

  Incluir item

• Intimate partner violence, forced first sex and adverse pregnancy outcomes in a sample of Zimbabwean women accessing maternal and child health care

  Open Access•Simukai Shamu, Stephen Munjanja et al.•BMC Public Health•2018

  Incluir item

• Domestic Violence and Abortion Among Rural Women in Four Indian States

  Open Access•Rob Stephenson, Apoorva Jadhav et al.•Violence Against Women•2016

  Incluir item