Socio Cultural Determinants And Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders Of Intimate Partner Violence Among Women: A Case Of Dodoma Municipality

ABSTRACT 

Background: This study was conducted in Dodoma Municipality with the aim of determining socio-cultural determinants for intimate partner violence and its impacts to the post-traumatic stress disorder among women in Dodoma municipality. Methods: Across sectional study was conducted amongst 440 women aged 18-60 years from March to April 2016. Data were collected through interviewing women by using structured questionnaires. Multiple logistic regression models were used to assess Socio cultural determinants and post-traumatic stress disorder of IPV. Results: The lifetime prevalence for physical intimate partner violence was 53.2% and psychological violence was 67.7% while sexual violence was 36.8%. Alcohol use was significantly associated with characteristics of men who were violent to their wives compared to those who were not using alcohol. Marriage involving dowry was found to associate with intimate partner violence (AOR 95 % CI 0.309- 0.988). PTSD was associated with intimate partner violence, participants who had experienced physical violence found to be more like experience PTSD compared to those who did not (AOR 0.153 95%CI 0.093-0.252) , also participants who had experienced psychological violence were more likely to experience PTDS compared to those who did not (AOR 0.255 95%CI 0.143-0.457) while victims of sexual violence were more likely to experience PTSD compared to those who did not experience (AOR 0. 95% 0.889-0.023) . Conclusion: Study findings indicated that prevalence of intimate partner violence in Dodoma Municipal has been decreased. Majority of women who experienced intimate partner violence did not take any action. However, findings from this study showed that majority who had IPV also had PTSD.