Social support may encourage victims to disclose their experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV), but also to seek the appropriate help and care in the social and health services. Using data from a multicenter European project, DOVE (Domestic Violence Against women/men in Europe-prevalence, determinants, effects, and policies/practices), the present study aimed at measuring the frequency of primary care and emergency use according to IPV types of victimization, and to investigate whether victims receiving different levels of informal social support are using health care differently. Results suggested a significant association between IPV types and use of emergency services, and no association was found regarding primary care services. Victims of physical abuse and sexual coercion went to the emergency department (ED) more frequently (more than once a year). Also, victims of physical abuse receiving low social support visited an ED more frequently than those with high social support, whereas victims of sexual coercion with high informal social support went more often to the ED compared with victims of sexual coercion with low social support, even after controlling for other covariates. These results seem to suggest that social support has a significant role in the decision to use health care among victims of IPV.

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亲密伴侣的暴力行为和初级和紧急护理的使用：非正式社会支持的作用。

社会支持可能会鼓励受害者披露其亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）的经历，而且还会在社会和卫生服务中寻求适当的帮助和关怀。使用来自欧洲多中心项目DOVE（对欧洲男女中的家庭暴力-患病率，决定因素，影响和政策/措施）的数据，本研究旨在根据IPV的类型来测量初级保健和紧急使用的频率受害者，并调查接受不同程度的非正式社会支持的受害者在医疗保健方面的使用方式是否有所不同。结果表明IPV类型与紧急服务的使用之间存在显着关联，而在初级保健服务方面未发现关联。身体虐待和性胁迫的受害者去急诊室的频率更高（每年不止一次）。此外，受到低社会支持的身体虐待受害者比高社会支持者更频繁地去急诊室，而非正式社会支持较高的性胁迫受害者与低社会支持的性胁迫受害者相比，去急诊的频率更高。在控制其他协变量之后。这些结果似乎表明，社会支持在IPV受害者中使用医疗保健的决定中起着重要作用。与非正式社会支持较低的性胁迫受害者相比，非正式社会支持较高的性胁迫受害者甚至在控制了其他协变量之后，去急诊的频率也更高。这些结果似乎表明，社会支持在IPV受害者中使用医疗保健的决定中起着重要作用。与非正式社会支持较低的性胁迫受害者相比，非正式社会支持较高的性胁迫受害者甚至在控制了其他协变量之后，去急诊的频率也更高。这些结果似乎表明，社会支持在IPV受害者中使用医疗保健的决定中起着重要作用。