Emotional, physical, and sexual abuse and the association with symptoms of depression and posttraumatic stress in a multi-ethnic pregnant population in southern sweden

• Published in: Sexual & reproductive healthcare Vol. 9; pp. 7 - 13
• Main Authors: Wangel, Anne-Marie, Ryding, Elsa Lena, Schei, Berit, Östman, Margareta, Lukasse, Mirjam
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands 01.10.2016
• Subjects: Adult; Bullying; Child; Child Abuse; Cohort Studies; Cross-Sectional Studies; Depression - etiology; Depressive Disorder - etiology; Emotions; Ethnic Groups; Female; Humans; Internal Medicine; Language; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Obstetrics and Gynecology; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications - epidemiology; Pregnancy Complications - etiology; Pregnancy Complications - psychology; Prevalence; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Sex Offenses - psychology; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - etiology; Sweden - epidemiology; Violence - psychology; Young Adult; emotional abuse; physical abuse; Confidence Intervals; OR; CI; Posttraumatic Stress; sexual abuse; IPV; PTS; the NorVold Abuse Questionnaire; EDS-5; Ethnicity; Intimate Partner Violence; Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; EPDS; depression; Post Traumatic Stress; Odds Ratio; Edinburgh Depression Scale, short version; NorAQ; Depression; Sexual abuse; Physical abuse; Emotional abuse; Posttraumatic stress
• ISSN: 1877-5756; 1877-5764; 1877-5764
• DOI: 10.1016/j.srhc.2016.04.003

Highlights • The prevalence of lifetime abuse did not differ significantly for native and non-native Swedish-speakers. • Moderate emotional and physical abuse in childhood was more common among non-native Swedish-speakers. • Sexual abuse in adulthood was more common among native Swedish-speakers. • Abuse was associated with symptoms of depression and PTS. • Ethnicity had little influence on the association between abuse and symptoms of depression and PTS.