Table 4.

The comparison between depressive patients who sustained physical intimate partner violence and patients who did not

Variable		Not Sustained Physical Violence (s=36)		Sustained Physical Violence (s=64)		Statistical significance
		Number	%	Number	%	x2	p
Economic independence of woman	No	33	91.7	46	71.9	5.4	0.02
	Yes	3	8.3	18	28.1
Physical violence of partner	No	22	61.1	5	7.8	33.2	.001
	Yes	14	38.9	59	92.2
Economic violence of partner	No	27	75.0	22	34.4	15.2	.001
	Yes	9	25.0	42	65.6
Sexual violence of partner	No	27	75.0	25	39.1	11.9	.001
	Yes	9	25.0	39	60.9
Partner’s physical violence against children	No	20	65.4	14	24.1	13.9	.001
	Yes	11	35.5	44	75.9
Physical violence experienced by the male partner during childhood	No	12	44.4	6	12.0	10.3	.001
	Yes	15	55.6	44	88.0
Physical violence experienced by the woman during childhood	No	19	52.8	13	20.3	11.2	.002
	Yes	17	47.2	51	79.7
Suicidal ideation	No	24	66.7	21	32.8	10.7	.001
	Yes	12	33.3	43	67.2
Suicide attempt	No	30	83.3	35	54.7	8.9	.001
	Yes	6	16.7	29	45.3
		Mean	SD	Mean	SD	t	p
HRSD total score		10.7	5.8	15.2	7.1	3.3	.001
HAM-A total score		8.8	5.8	12.6	5.5	3.3	.001
HAM-A psychical subscale score		4.3	2.6	5.7	2.2	2.9	.001
HAM-A somatic subscale score		4.5	3.6	6.8	3.8	3.0	.001
AASQ avoidant attachment score		17.7	7.6	22.2	7.8	2.8	.006
AASQ ambivalent attachment score		14.0	6.7	20.3	8.3	3.9	.001
CTQ total score		73.0	27.1	89.1	36.0	2.5	.01
CTQ physical abuse score		27.9	13.0	36.3	16.1	2.8	.001

SD: standard deviation; HRSD: Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression; HAM-A: Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale; AASQ: Adult Attachment Style Questionnaire; CTQ: Childhood Trauma Questionnaire