title: Comparing Violence against Women with and Without an Addicted Spouse in Kashan, Iran.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Although some studies have been conducted on violence against women, but all these studies were conducted in the general population and not the wives of addicts. This study was aimed to compare the violence against women with and without an addicted spouse.
  
  
  METHODS
  This comparative study was conducted on 200 married women in Kashan, Iran. 100 cases were females with addicted spouse and 100 were women with non-addict husbands. Data collected using Haj-Yahia violence questionnaire. Data analysis was performed using SPSS. Descriptive statistics and chi-square, Mann-Whitney U, and Kruskal-Wallis tests, odds ratio (OR) and Kendall's correlation coefficient were used to analyze the data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The overall mean score of violence was 69.29 ± 14.84 for the women with addicted husbands and 40.02 ± 9.26 in women with non-addicted spouses (P < 0.001). The mean score of psychological violence was 39.03 ± 7.60 in women with addicted spouses and 21.86 ± 6.11 in those with non-addicted husbands (P < 0.001). Furthermore, the mean score of physical violence was 20.98 ± 6.50 in women with addicted spouses and 12.2 ± 2.55 in those with non-addicted husbands (P < 0.001). Moreover, the mean scores of sexual violence were 4.52 ± 2.21 and 3.28 ± 0.75 in women with and without addicted spouses, respectively (P < 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The overall rate of violence was significantly higher among women with addicted spouse and especially if the spouse abused more than one type of substances. Further investigations are suggested on the effects of opium withdrawal or changes in the substance abused on the rate of violence against women.
authors: Professor, Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.
authors: Mohsen
authors: M
authors: Adib-Hajbaghery
authors: Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Student Research Committee, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.
authors: Rouhangiz
authors: R
authors: Karimi
authors: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.
authors: Hassan
authors: H
authors: Karbasi
authors: General Practitioner, Student Research Committee, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.
authors: Mostafa
authors: M
authors: Haji-Rezaei
authors: Bachelor of Science in Education , Ministry of Education, Kashan, Iran.
authors: Efat
authors: E
authors: Aminolroayaee
keywords: Addiction; Violence; Women