The Iranian Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility

The Iranian Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility

Association between Domestic Violence against Women with Pre-invasive and Invasive Cervical Lesions: A review study

Document Type : Review Article

Authors
Mostafa Rad 1
Marzieh Torkmannejad Sabzevari 2
1 Faculty member, Schoolof Nursing and Midwifery,Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran
2 MSc. Student of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
10.22038/ijogi.2015.6440
Abstract
Introduction:Violence against women is more than 50% in Iranian society and worldwide.Although the relationship between domestic violence and women's chronic and debilitative diseases has been known,so far, no review study which identifies the relationship between domestic violence and cervical cancer has not been done; so, this study was performed with aim to identifying the association between violence against women and pre-invasive and invasive cervical lesions.
Methods:In this reviewstudy, the English and Persian articles were searched from1990 to 2015 using the keywords of "cervical cancer" and "domestic violence" in the international databases of Pubmed,Science Direct, and Google scholar, SID,Magiran,and IranMedex. After reviewing the article, 16 related studies were critically evaluated. 
Results:Probability of complication with low-grade and high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions had directly correlated with duration of time which the women suffer the domestic violence (P<0.05). Women with experience of three types of violence (physical, sexual and psychological) had the higher rate of complication with cervical cancer. Women with experience of violence had not referred for Pap smeartest until premenopausal period, which led to delayeddiagnosisof cervical cancer.
Conclusion:Domestic violence haspositive correlation with risk of squamous intraepithelial lesions morbidity, cervical cancer, and frequency of referring for Pap smear test. So, through awareness of health care managers and personnel of this association, a step can be performed for appropriate planning and measurement to screen and determine the women suffering domestic violence.
Keywords
Domestic violence
neoplasia
Pap Smear Test
Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions
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