Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2021 Jan-Feb;37(1):191-194.
doi: 10.12669/pjms.37.1.2893.

Domestic violence and its relationship with depression, anxiety and quality of life: A hidden dilemma of Pakistani women

Mazhar Malik  1 , Nargis Munir  2 , M Usman Ghani  3 , Nasir Ahmad  4
Affiliations

Domestic violence and its relationship with depression, anxiety and quality of life: A hidden dilemma of Pakistani women

Mazhar Malik et al. Pak J Med Sci. 2021 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

Objectives: To find out the relationship of domestic violence with depression, anxiety and quality of life in married women in hospitals of Rawalpindi and Islamabad.

Methods: This co-relational study was conducted in Rawalpindi Institute of Health Sciences from January 2019 to December 2019. All the females' patients who were the victim of domestic violence were the population of the study. Consecutive non-probability sampling technique was used for selection of sampling from the target population. The inclusion criterion for this study was diagnosed case of domestic violence. DASS 21 (The Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale) and Quality of life (WHO) scales were administered to 116 patients.

Results: The study's key results were that domestic abuse has positive relationship with depression, anxiety, and stress. It was also found that domestic abuse has a negative relationship with quality of life of those who have been subjected to domestic violence of this sort.

Conclusion: It was concluded that domestic violence whether verbal, physical, emotional or sexual has strongly effects the mental health and quality of life of abused women.

Keywords: Anxiety and quality of life; Depression; Domestic violence.

PubMed Disclaimer

References

    1. Yick AG, Agbayani-Siewert P. Perceptions of domestic violence in a Chinese American community. J Interpers Violence. 1997;12(6):832–846. doi:10.1177/08↲097012006004.
    1. Feroz U, Jami H, Masood S. Role of early exposure to domestic violence in display of aggression among university students. Pak J Psychol Res. 2015;30(2):323–342.
    1. Garcia-Moreno C, Jansen HA, Ellsberg M, Heise L, Watts C. WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence against women. Geneva:World Health Organization. 2005;204:1–8.
    1. Kaur R, Garg S. Addressing domestic violence against women:An unfinished agenda. Indian J Community Med. 2008;33(2):73–76. doi:10.4103/0970-0218.40871. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Coker AL, Smith PH, McKeown RE, King MJ. Frequency and correlates of intimate partner violence by type:physical sexual, and psychological battering. Am J Public Health. 2000;90(4):553–559. doi:10.2105/ajph.90.4.553. - PMC - PubMed

LinkOut - more resources