Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST 39neR0xW. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. This study assessed the history of hospitalization among women involved in violent intimate relationships. Methods. In this 1-year retrospective cohort study, female residents of King County, Washington, who were aged 18 to 44 years and who had filed for a protection order were compared with nonabused women in the same age group. Outcome measures included overall and diagnosis-specific hospital admission rates and relative risk of hospitalization associated with abuse. Results. Women known to be exposed to a violent intimate relationship were significantly more likely to be hospitalized with any diagnosis (age-specific relative risks [RRs] ranging from 1.2 to 2.1), psychiatric diagnoses (RR=3.6,95% confidence interval [Cl]=2.8,4.6), injury and poisoning diagnoses (RR=1.8,95% CI=1.2,2.8), digestive system diseases (RR=1.9,95% CI=1.3,2.9), and diagnoses of assault (RR=4.9,95% CI=1.1,22.1) or attempted suicide (RR=3.7,95% CI=1.6,9.2) in the year before filing a protection order. Conclusions. This study showed an increased relative risk of both overall and diagnosis-specific hospitalizations among abused women. Intimate partner violence has a significant impact on women's health and use of health care.
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