%0 Journal Article
%T Prevalence of intimate partner violence in patients presenting with traumatic injuries to a Guyanese emergency department
%A Kendra P Parekh
%A Stephan Russ
%A David A Amsalem
%A Navindranauth Rambaran
%A Shannon Langston
%A Seth W Wright
%J International Journal of Emergency Medicine
%D 2012
%I BioMed Central
%R 10.1186/1865-1380-5-23
%X Retrospective descriptive analysis of a prospectively collected ED quality assurance database. Patients 18£¿years or older who presented with a traumatic injury and answered the question ¡°Was the injury inflicted by a domestic partner?¡± were included in the analysis.Overall, 38 of 475 (8%) patients admitted to having injuries inflicted by a domestic partner. Thirty- one (81.6%) patients disclosing IPV were female and 7 (18.4%) were male. The self- reported prevalence of IPV in females presenting with traumatic injuries was 16% compared to 2% for males (RR 6.4; 95% CI 2.9-14.3). IPV was the cause of 31 of the 67 (46.3%) women presenting with assaults.IPV is thought to be a serious problem in Guyana, and this study confirms a high prevalence (16%) of IPV in women presenting with traumatic injuries to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation ED. This is likely a significant underestimate of the true prevalence.
%K Intimate partner violence
%K Spouse abuse
%K Women¡¯s health
%K Guyana
%K Trauma
%U http://www.intjem.com/content/5/1/23/abstract