Intimate partner violence (IPV) is defined as threatened, attempted, or completed physical or sexual violence or emotional abuse by a current or former intimate partner. IPV can be committed by a spouse, an ex-spouse, a current or former boyfriend or girlfriend, or a dating partner. Each year, IPV results in an estimated 1,200 deaths and 2 million injuries among women and nearly 600,000 injurie...

Objetivo principal: asociar comparativamente el riesgo de violencia pareja y la dependencia afectiva con diagnóstico preeclampsia en gestantes que fueron atendidas Centro Salud Santa Rosa ciudad Riobamba, Ecuador, durante período abril-agosto 2019. Metodología: se utilizó un diseño no experimental, tipo correlacional, 60 participantes divididas dos grupos estudio 30 individuos cada uno. Los dat...

OBJECTIVE We sought to investigate the one-year point prevalence for male intimate partner violence (IPV) in men presenting to a university emergency department, to identify types of violence, to examine differences in male IPV rates based on patient demographics, and to identify any differences in prevalence based on types of partnership. METHODS This survey study was conducted from Septembe...

OBJECTIVES Empathy and empathic response are receiving greater attention in pain research as investigators acknowledge that other forms of interaction may impact the pain process. The purpose of this study was to examine validation and invalidation as forms of empathic and nonempathic responses in chronic pain couples. METHODS Participants were 92 couples in which at least one spouse reported...