Violence of husbands against reproductive age wives during covid-19 pandemic

Aljoori, Zainab Abdulrazzaq; Hashim, Mushtaq Talib

doi:10.52573/ipmj.2025.153524

	Violence of husbands against reproductive age wives during covid-19 pandemic
Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal
Article 19, Volume 24, Issue 4, October 2025, Pages 572-578 PDF (335.26 K)
Document Type: Research Paper
DOI: 10.52573/ipmj.2025.153524
Authors
Zainab Abdulrazzaq Aljoori^* ¹; Mushtaq Talib Hashim²
¹Psychiatrist ,Al-Imamain Al-Kadhimain medical city , Baghdad , Iraq
²Professor of Psychiatry - Department of Medicine, Baghdad teaching hospital, Baghdad, Iraq
Abstract
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a surge in domestic violence, affecting women's physical and mental health through direct and indirect means. A history of violence can increase the risk of various diseases, and severe abuse can persist even after the violence ceases. Methods A cross-sectional web-based survey that included 500 women calculated according to Roasoft calculator based on previously published Iraqi studies , it was convenience sampling and was conducted between June and September among 15-49 year old Iraqi women, recruited via social media platforms, and completed until a sample size of 500 forms was collected. Results The study found that psychological violence was the most common type of intimate partner violence in Iraq during COVID-19, with 84.6% of cases, followed by physical violence based on act 70% and injury 47%, then sexual violence 38.6%. The violence was more frequent among women with low education, working less than 8 hours, and men aged 31-40 with alcohol use. Demographic variables such as education, occupation, and working hours were strongly associated with sexual violence. Physical violence was associated with all socio-demographic variables. Conclusion This study showed the presence of a relatively high prevalence of intimate partner violence against women. Thus, it is necessary to encourage women to educate and provide them with job opportunities alongside men, in addition to enforcing legislations concerning domestic violence. Conflict of interest None Author contribution Zainab Abdulrazzaq Atta: collected the data and wrote the paper Mushtaq Talib Hashim: supervision Key words violence of husbands, reproductive age wives, covid-19
Keywords
violence of husbands; reproductive age wives; covid-19

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