Andrés Isaza-Restrepo, María Teresa Gómez, Gary Cifuentes, Arturo Argüello
The virtual patient as a learning tool: a mixed quantitative qualitative study
BMC medical education
intimate partner violence ipv major public health concern mostly impacts womens health social wellbeing study explored various types ipv physical sexual emotional including womens experience childhood violence influence helpseeking behavior subsaharan africa ssa analyzed data recent demographic health surveys dhs carried 2018 2021 outcome variable helpseeking behavior descriptive inferential analyses carried descriptive analysis looked bivariate analysis country outcome variables using binary logistic regression model multivariate analysis utilized determine association outcome variable explanatory variables binary logistic regression modelling used based dichotomous nature outcome variable results sampleweighted account oversampling sample proportion women sought help intimate partner violence 361 percent ranged 192 percent mali 496 percent rwanda women experienced violence childhood 075 ci 069 082 lower likelihood seeking help compared experience violence childhood women experienced emotional violence 194 ci 180 208 physical violence 137 ci 126 148 higher likelihood seeking help compared women secondary educational levels aor 113 ci 102 124 higher likelihood seeking help compared education cohabiting women higher likelihood aor 122 ci 110 135 seeking help compared married women study highlights importance early identification ipv fitforpurpose interventions demystify ipv normalization enhance womens willingness seek help studys findings suggest education crucial increasing womens awareness legalities surrounding ipv available structures institutions seeking help