在社区招募的妇女中描述亲密伴侣暴力相关的头部创伤
Carrie Esopenko1, Divya Jain, Amelia J Hicks
1Author Affiliations: Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York (Dr Esopenko, Dr Jain, Dr Hicks, Ms Carlsson, and Ms Dorman); Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania (Ms Carter, Mr Cwiek, Ms Méndez-Fernández, Ms Rebuck, Dr Hillary, and Dr Marshall); Traumatic Brain Injury and Concussion Center, Department of Neurology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah (Ms Read, Ms Velez, Dr Tate, and Dr Wilde); George E. Wahlen Department of Veteran Affairs Salt Lake City Healthcare System, Salt Lake City, Utah (Ms Read, Dr Tate, and Dr Wilde); cBRAIN, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics, and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Bavaria, Germany (Drs Rojczyk and Koerte); Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Mass General Brigham, Harvard Medical School, Somerville, Massachusetts (Drs Rojczyk, Koerte, and Lin); German Center for Child and Adolescent Health (DZKJ), partner site Munich, Munich, Germany (Dr Koerte); Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (Dr Lin); Center for Clinical Spectroscopy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (Dr Lin); Social Life and Engineering Sciences Imaging Center, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania (Dr Hillary); and Department of Psychology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia (Dr Marshall).
大多数亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 幸存者的 cisgender 女性经历头部创伤 (HT). 重创伤和窒息是常见的IPV-HT机制,但确切的频率很难确定.
科学领域:
- 医学研究 医学研究
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 创伤研究 创伤研究
背景情况:
- 亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 是一个重要的公共卫生问题.
- 头部创伤 (HT) 是IPV中常见的损伤,但经历并没有得到很好的描述.
- 了解IPV相关的头部创伤 (IPV-HT) 对于改善对幸存者的护理至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在 cisgender 女性中描述亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 相关头部创伤 (HT) 的经历.
- 为了确定IPV-HT损伤的机制和频率.
- 为了探索幸存者对IPV-HT情节的描述.
主要方法:
- 在美国三个地区,对72名女性 (18-60岁) 进行了深入的半结构面试.
- 音频录制的采访,以确定终身IPV-HT损伤的数量和机制.
- 使用采访引文来说明参与者对IPV-HT情节的描述.
主要成果:
- 72名女性中有69名报告至少有一次IPV-HT损伤事件.
- 参与者报告了1至9次终身IPV-HT发作,总共有240次受伤发作.
- 重创伤 (41.7%) 和窒息 (22.1%) 是最常见的机制; 22.5% 涉及多种机制.
- 由于召回挑战,召回伤害频率可能被低估.
结论:
- 这项研究提供了对暴露于IPV的女性头部创伤经历的关键见解.
- 这些发现可以提高对女性IPV相关损伤的理解和描述.
- 结果可能有助于开发更好的工具来识别IPV-HT暴露和潜在的脑损伤.
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