One in six women arriving at orthopedic fracture clinics have been victims of physical, emotional or sexual violence at the hands of an intimate partner within the past year, according to a multinational study published on Online First by The Lancet.
Researchers conducted a cross-sectional study of 2,945 adult female participants at 12 fracture clinics across Canada, the U.S., the Netherlands, Denmark and India.
The study found that 16 percent of women disclosed experiencing intimate partner violence in the past year, and 34.6 percent reported experiencing abuse at some point during their lives.
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