Studying The Effect of Infertility on Marital Violence in Turkish Women

Background: The aim of this descriptive study was to evaluate the level of marital violence amongTurkish women and to determine whether infertility was a risk factor for marital violence.Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was conducted during January-July 2009 at atraining hospital. The study groups comprised 204 fertile and 228 infertile women. We administeredthe Descriptive Information Questionnaire and Scale for Marital Violence against Women (SDVW)to obtain data.Results: There was a statistically significant difference between infertile and fertile women forthe total score of violence in marriage. The emotional, economic and sexual violence scores werehigher in the infertile group. However, the verbal violence score was lower.Conclusion: We performed a detailed study aimed at uncovering the presence of any violencefrom the data collection stage to the end of treatment in infertile couples with the intent to includequestions to this effect in the care plan.