Background and Objective:

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a clinical and social problem globally, especially in the Middle East. This study aimed to analyze the prevalence of IPV and its types against women in the Middle East region.

Method:

PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science were searched in January 2020. From 1995 to 2020, all studies performed in the Middle East, investigating at least one type of abuse against women and written in English, entered the study. All included studies were appraised using Joanna Briggs Institute Checklist, which was adapted for prevalence studies. The random effect model of meta-analysis was performed using the Mantel–Haenszel method by comprehensive meta-analysis software. Each type of abuse as event rate with 95% CI was calculated for each variable. Heterogeneity was investigated using the I ² statistic test.

Results:

Fifty-five studies encompassing 138,692 participants were included in our meta-analysis. The rate of overall abuse was 26.3 (n = 55, 95% CI: [15.8, 40.5], p = .002). The highest rate of abuse in the included studies was reported for psychological abuse 48.6% (n = 46, 95% CI: [39.8, 57.5], p = .758). The rate of abuse for physical, economical, sexual, and injury were 28.4% (n = 53, 95% CI: [22.1, 35.7], p = .0001), 19% (n = 10, 95% CI: [9.8, 33.7], p = .0001), 18.5% (n = 45, 95% CI: [13.6, 24.6], p = .0001), and 18.4% (n = 5, 95% CI: [7.1, 40.2], p = 0.008), respectively. The overall abuse reported by World Health Organization Multi-Country Domestic Violence (DV)Questionnaire was 25.7% (n = 17, 95% CI: [18.4, 34.7], p = .0001). This value was 41.8% (n = 11, 95% CI: [29.7, 55], p = .223) for the Conflict Tactics Scale Questionnaire.

Conclusion:

Although this review highlights the lack of or insufficient IPV data in some contexts and inconsistencies in defining and measuring IPV among studies, the evidence shows that a moderate to high pattern of abuse has been observed in the study population. Due to this region’s unique cultural-religious characteristics, it is urgent to reduce this phenomenon.

中文翻译：

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中东地区的亲密伴侣暴力：系统回顾和荟萃分析

背景和目标：

亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 是一个全球性的临床和社会问题，尤其是在中东。本研究旨在分析 IPV 的流行情况及其针对中东地区女性的类型。

方法：

2020 年 1 月对 PubMed、Scopus 和 Web of Science 进行了检索。从 1995 年到 2020 年，所有在中东进行的研究，调查至少一种对妇女的虐待，并以英文撰写，都进入了研究。所有纳入的研究均使用 Joanna Briggs Institute Checklist 进行评估，该清单适用于流行率研究。荟萃分析的随机效应模型采用综合荟萃分析软件Mantel-Haenszel方法进行。为每个变量计算每种类型的滥用作为具有 95% CI 的事件率。使用I ²统计检验研究异质性。

结果：

我们的荟萃分析包括 55 项研究，涉及 138,692 名参与者。总体滥用率为 26.3（n = 55，95% CI：[15.8，40.5]，p = .002）。在纳入的研究中，心理虐待的最高虐待率报告为 48.6%（n = 46，95% CI：[39.8，57.5]，p = .758）。身体、经济、性和伤害方面的虐待率为 28.4% ( n = 53, 95% CI: [22.1, 35.7], p = .0001), 19% ( n = 10, 95% CI: [9.8 , 33.7], p = .0001), 18.5% ( n = 45, 95% CI: [13.6, 24.6], p = .0001), 和 18.4% ( n = 5, 95% CI: [7.1, 40.2] ,p = 0.008）。世界卫生组织多国家庭暴力 (DV) 调查问卷报告的总体虐待率为 25.7%（n = 17，95% CI：[18.4，34.7]，p = .0001）。对于冲突策略量表问卷，该值为 41.8%（n = 11, 95% CI: [29.7, 55], p = .223）。

结论：

尽管这篇综述强调了某些情况下 IPV 数据的缺乏或不足，以及研究之间在定义和测量 IPV 方面的不一致，但证据表明，在研究人群中观察到了中度到高度的滥用模式。由于该地区独特的文化宗教特征，迫切需要减少这种现象。