title: Influence of intimate partner violence on mental status in Japanese women during the first trimester of pregnancy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We examined the relation between intimate partner violence (IVP) and maternal mental status such as depression and anxiety.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between April 2016 and October 2016, we asked all Japanese women during the first trimester of pregnancy to answer the three self-administered questionnaires to screen IVP and depressive and anxiety symptoms.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 19 women who had a high score in the modified Violence Against Women Screen (VAWS) (4.1%, IPV group) and 408 women who had a score 0 (86.8%, control group). Overall, the rate of the women with depressive, anxiety, and depressive plus anxiety symptoms were 21.3, 31.5, and 16.0%, respectively. The rate of depressive and/or anxiety symptoms in the IPV group were significantly higher than those in the control group (Odds ratio = 5.02 and 7.40, p < .01 by X2test).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The significant adverse effect of IPV on maternal mental status seemed to be observed in Japanese women during the first trimester of pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Japanese Red Cross Katsushika Maternity Hospital , Tokyo , Japan.
authors.forename: Shunji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.affiliation: a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Japanese Red Cross Katsushika Maternity Hospital , Tokyo , Japan.
authors.forename: Fukiko
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.affiliation: a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Japanese Red Cross Katsushika Maternity Hospital , Tokyo , Japan.
authors.forename: Masako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology*; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence; D007564:Japan; D011247:Pregnancy; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First / Q000523:psychology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
keywords: Intimate partner violence; Japan; anxiety symptom; depressive symptom; first trimester of pregnancy