Andrew Gibbs|Kristin Dunkle|Rachel Jewkes
Emotional and economic intimate partner violence as key drivers of depression and suicidal ideation: A cross-sectional study among young women in informal settlements in South Africa
South African Medical Research Council|University of KwaZulu-Natal|South African Medical Research Council|South African Medical Research Council|University of the Witwatersrand
little research assessed impact emotional intimate partner violence ipv economic ipv womens mental health using crosssectional data stepping stones creating futures intervention trial baseline ethekwini municipality south africa assess three questions first whether emotional ipv economic ipv make independent contributions mental health outcomes second matters severity variety absolute experience third items important driving mental health impacts others assess associations past 12month emotional ipv past 12month economic ipv past week depressive symptoms past fourweek suicidal ideation describe prevalence mental health outcome individual items including neverever frequency combined emotional ipv economic ipv reporting depression scores percentage suicidal ideation 95 confidence intervals ci second created fourlevel categorical variables combinations emotional economic sexual physical ipv present frequency mean 95 ci depression symptomatology suicidal ideation 680 women aged 1830 enrolled high levels past year emotional ipv economic ipv reported 453 reported clinically relevant symptoms depression 300 past fourweek suicidal ideation measures emotional ipv economic ipv showed consistent positive correlation cesd scores suicidal ideation fourlevel categorical constructs highest depression scores prevalence suicidal ideation combinations emotional ipv economic ipv physical andor sexual ipv depression 1718 combinations significantly different compared women reporting ipv suicidal ideation significant 618 combinations related economic ipv emotional ipv economic ipv independent associations womens mental health beyond physical ipv sexual ipv also distinct patterns trial registration nct03022370 registered 13 january 2017 retrospectively registered