title: Domestic violence against infertile women in a Turkish setting.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the prevalence of domestic violence against infertile women in a Turkish setting.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 122 women with primary infertility attending an obstetrics and gynecology outpatient clinic were interviewed using the Abuse Assessment Screen questionnaire to investigate their experiences of domestic violence.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In total, 41 (33.6%) women had experienced domestic violence because of their infertility. Of these women, 32 (78%) had experienced domestic violence for the first time in the relationship with the current partner following diagnosis of female factor infertility. The percentage of nonabused and abused infertile women who were mostly satisfied with their sexual lives was 56.87% and 29.2%, respectively (P<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Routine screening for domestic violence in infertility clinics is necessary to give affected women an opportunity to access appropriate health care and support services.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Training and Research Hospital, School of Medicine, Yuzuncu Yil University, Van, Turkey. recepyildizhan@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Recep
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yildizhan
authors.forename: Ertan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Adali
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kolusari
authors.forename: Mertihan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurdoglu
authors.forename: Begum
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yildizhan
authors.forename: Guler
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sahin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000523:psychology*; D015995:Prevalence; D014421:Turkey; D055815:Young Adult