Prevalence of intimate partner violence against women in the Arab world: a systematic review

Elghossain, Tatiana; Bott, Sarah; Akik, Chaza; Obermeyer, Carla Makhlouf

doi:10.1186/s12914-019-0215-5

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Table 3 Characteristics of facility-based IPV studies reported in peer-reviewed journal articles

From: Prevalence of intimate partner violence against women in the Arab world: a systematic review

Country	Lead author, publication year^a	Ref.	Year data collected	Sample design, data collection method	Type of facility, location	Sample size	Women’s characteristics Age, partnership, other
Egypt	Bakr 2005	[52]	2004	Convenience; FF	Outpatient clinics, Ain Shams University Hospitals	509	16–65, ever-married
	Elnashar 2007	[53]	2002/3	Systematic; FF	Clinics and hospitals, Dakahlia	936	16–49, currently married
	Fahmy 2008	[54]	2007	Multi-stage, random; FF	Health facilities, Zagazig	500	18–50, currently married
	Guimei 2012	[55]	2007/9	Systematic random; FF	Public health centres, rural and urban Alexandria	450	18+, married with children
	Ibrahim 2015	[56]	2010/12	All women, FF	Obstetric outpatient clinic, Suez Canal University Hospital	1857	18–43, pregnant
	Mamdouh 2012	[57]	2009/10	Random; FF	12 family health centres, rural and urban Alexandria	3271	16–68, ever-married
	Sayed 2014	[58]	2012	Convenience; FF	Primary health care units, Rod-Elfarag and El-Darrasa	187*	Mean age 33^c, ever-married
Iraq	Ahmed 2012	[59]	2010	Convenience; FF	14 antenatal care units, Erbil City, Kurdistan region	1000	14–48, 6–8 weeks postpartum
	Al-Tawil 2012	[60]	2011	Convenience; SA	3 Christian churches, Ankawa; maternity hospital, Erbil	500	Married ≥1 year^c; 250 Christian; 250 (mostly Muslim) Kurdish
	Al-Atrushi 2013	[61]	2009/11	Convenience; FF	Reproductive health facilities, Erbil city, Kurdistan region	800	17–65, ever-married, Kurdish
Jordan	Al-Modallal 2010	[62, 63]	NA	Convenience; SA	Higher education institutions	101	25+, married/engaged, working at a university
	Al-Modallal 2012	[64,65,66]	NA	Convenience; SA	Health centres, refugee camps, Amman, Irbid and Zarqa	300	16–62, ever-married/ engaged, literate Palestinian refugees
	Al-Modallal 2014	[67]	NA	Convenience; SA	Health centres, Amman, Zarqa, Irbid, including refugee camps	620	< 61, married/engaged, not in acute pain or receiving mental health treatment
	Al-Natour 2014	[68]	2011	Stratified random; SA	10 health centres, 3 public hospitals, northern city	80	Mean age 32^b, married, Jordanian nurses
	Al-Nsour 2009	[69]	2006	Systematic random; FF	Public health centres, Balka	356	18–40, ever-married
	Clark 2009	[70,71,72,73,74]	2005	Systematic; SA	7 reproductive health clinics, north, central, south Jordan	517	15–49, ever-married, literate
	Okour 2011	[75]	2007	Not specified; FF	4 antenatal clinics, Al-Mafraq	303	Mean age 28^b, pregnant, Bedouin
	Oweis 2010	[76]	2006	All women; SA	5 Maternal and Child Health Centres, Irbid City	316	15–45, pregnant
Lebanon	Awwad 2014	[77]	NA	Convenience; FF	Gynaecological services, American University of Beirut Medical Centre	91	20–65, ever married
	Hammoury 2007	[78,79,80]	2005	Convenience; FF	Primary health care clinics, Sidon	349	15–42, married, pregnant, Palestinian refugees
	Usta 2007	[81]	2002	Convenience; FF	4 primary health care centres	1415	14–65, any marital status
Morocco	Manoudi 2013	[82]	2006	Not specified; SA^b	Health centre, Marrakech	265	18–65, married
Morocco	Boufettal 2012	[83]	2008/9	Not specified, FF	University hospital, Casablanca	867	14–44, any marital status, pregnant
Saudi Arabia	Afifi 2011	[84]	2010	Cluster random; FF	Primary health care centres, Al-Ahsa, urban and villages	2000	16–59, ever-married
	Al-Faris 2013	[85]	2009/10	Convenience; SA^b	Outpatient clinics, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh	222	15–70, married
	Eldoseri 2014	[86]	2012	Convenience; FF	Primary-care centres, Jeddah	200*	18–65, ever-married
	Fageeh 2014	[87]	2011/12	Convenience; SA^b	3 tertiary hospitals, Jeddah	2301	15–70, ever-married
	Rachana 2002	[88]	1996/99	All women^d	2 university teaching hospitals	7105	Pregnant, leading to live, singleton birth^c
	Tashkandi 2009	[89]	2004	Simple random; FF	16 primary health centres, Medina	689	16–60, ever-married, not widowed, Saudi Arabian
Sudan	Ahmed 2005	[90]	2001/2	All women; SA	Arda Medical Centre, Omdurman	394	Married, literate^c
Syria	Maziak 2002	[91, 92]	NA	Random, FF	8 primary care centres, Aleppo	412	13–61, any marital status

Ref Reference(s), FF Face-to-face interviews, SA Self-administered questionnaires
*Sample size < 300 but justified with a published calculation of precision
a. The lead author for only one source is listed per survey; The Ref. column lists all sources
b. Administered with assistance (face-to-face) if needed, e.g. in cases of illiteracy
c. Age range unspecified
d. Violence was measured by self-report, but article did not specify whether this meant face-to-face or self-administered

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