From: Prevalence of intimate partner violence against women in the Arab world: a systematic review
Country | Lead author, publication yeara | Ref. | Year data collected | Sample design, data collection method | Type of facility, location | Sample size | Women’s characteristics Age, partnership, other |
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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 33c, 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 yearc; 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 | NA | Convenience; SA | Higher education institutions | 101 | 25+, married/engaged, working at a university | |
Al-Modallal 2012 | 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 32b, married, Jordanian nurses | |
Al-Nsour 2009 | [69] | 2006 | Systematic random; FF | Public health centres, Balka | 356 | 18–40, ever-married | |
Clark 2009 | 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 28b, 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 | 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; SAb | Health centre, Marrakech | 265 | 18–65, married |
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; SAb | 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; SAb | 3 tertiary hospitals, Jeddah | 2301 | 15–70, ever-married | |
Rachana 2002 | [88] | 1996/99 | All womend | 2 university teaching hospitals | 7105 | Pregnant, leading to live, singleton birthc | |
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, literatec |
Syria | Maziak 2002 | NA | Random, FF | 8 primary care centres, Aleppo | 412 | 13–61, any marital status |