Intimate partner violence (IPV) has been highlighted as one of the challenges to the effectiveness of the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) programs in rural areas in South Africa. This study aimed at assessing the prevalence of prenatal and postnatal physical as well as psychological IPV, and corresponding time-invariant and time-varying predictors, among HIV-positive women attending PMTCT services in rural South Africa. The Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS) was used to assess IPV at four time points prenatal and postnatal. This study highlighted high levels of physical and psychological IPV experienced by HIV-infected women during pregnancy and in the first year after childbirth. Time-invariant predictors and time-varying predictors of physical IPV and psychological IPV were individual, social, and behavioral factors. Multi-dimensional evidence-based interventions are needed to deal with the high levels of prenatal and postnatal physical as well as psychological IPV experienced by these women.

亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 已被强调为南非农村地区预防艾滋病毒母婴传播 (PMTCT) 计划有效性的挑战之一。本研究旨在评估在南非农村参加 PMTCT 服务的 HIV 阳性妇女中产前和产后身体和心理 IPV 的流行率，以及相应的时不变和随时间变化的预测因子。冲突策略量表 (CTS) 用于评估产前和产后四个时间点的 IPV。这项研究强调了 HIV 感染妇女在怀孕期间和分娩后第一年经历的高水平的身体和心理 IPV。物理 IPV 和心理 IPV 的时不变预测因子和时变预测因子是个人、社会和行为因素。