Reproductive coercion and prenatal distress among young pregnant women in Monrovia, Liberia.
Tiara C Willie, Tamora A Callands
PMID 30148421WHAT IT FOUND
In Monrovia, 9% of young pregnant women reported reproductive coercion, and those women had higher prenatal distress scores.
The study cannot show coercion caused distress.
Key findings
019% of women reported reproductive coercion with the current pregnancy.
02Reproductive coercion was significantly positively associated with prenatal distress in linear regression.
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What it does not show
The cross-sectional design measured reproductive coercion and prenatal distress at one time, so it cannot show which came first. Analyses used 133 women with complete data, while 195 pregnant women were referred; women with missing data were slightly younger and more likely to be employed. Self-reported data may underreport reproductive coercion. The sample was limited to women aged 18 to 30, 13 to 24 weeks pregnant, without pregnancy-related medical problems, in one Monrovia clinic, so it may not apply to other pregnant women. The study reports an association and does not test whether screening or counselling improves outcomes.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that reproductive coercion caused prenatal distress. The study measured both at one time in 133 women, so it can only show an association.