Table 4.
Association Between Domains of Domestic Violence and Birth Outcomes
Variables | Low Birth Weight | Pre-Term Birth | Caesarean Section | Miscarriage | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | P-value | No | Yes | P-value | No | Yes | P-value | No | Yes | P-value | |
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||||
Emotional lifelong domestic violence | 90 (87.4) | 13 (12.6) | 0.623 | 96 (94.1) | 6 (5.9) | 0.161 | 85 (83.3) | 17 (16.7) | 0.592 | 109 (98.2) | 2 (1.8) | 0.567 |
Emotional domestic violence one year before pregnancy | 17 (81.0) | 4 (19.0) | 0.459 | 21 (100) | 0 (0) | 0.341 | 19 (90.5) | 2 (9.5) | 0.513 | 22 (100) | 0 (0) | 1.000 |
Emotional domestic violence during the current pregnancy | 11 (84.6) | 2 (15.4) | 0.667 | 13 (100) | 0 (0) | 1.000 | 11 (84.6) | 2 (15.4) | 1.000 | 14 (100) | 0 (0) | 1.000 |
Physical lifelong domestic violence | 68 (81.9) | 15 (18.1) | 0.066 | 76 (91.6) | 7 (8.4) | 0.705 | 64 (77.1) | 19 (22.9) | 0.377 | 88 (100) | 0 (0) | 0.105 |
Physical domestic violence one year before pregnancy | 8 (80.0) | 2 (20.0) | 1.000 | 10 (100) | 0 (0) | 0.59 | 8 (80.0) | 2 (20.0) | 1.000 | 10 (100) | _ | _ |
Physical domestic violence during the current pregnancy | 2 (66.7) | 1 (33.3) | 0.455 | 3 (100) | 0 (0) | 1.000 | 2 (66.7) | 1 (33.3) | 0.547 | 3 (100) | _ | _ |
Note: Statistical test: Fisher’s Exact Test.