@article {470376,
	title = {Wife abuse: a hidden problem. A study among Saudi women attending PHC centres.},
	journal = {Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal},
	volume = {15},
	number = {5},
	year = {2010},
	pages = {1242-1253},
	publisher = {Department of Family and Community Medicine, King Fahad Hospital Employee Clinic},
	abstract = {http://www.emro.who.int/emhj-volume-15-2009/volume-15-issue-5/wife-abuse-a-hidden-problem-a-study-among-saudi-women-attending-phc-centres.html
The aim of this cross-sectional study was to measure the prevalence, severity and type of wife abuse experienced by ever-married women attending primary health centres in Medina, Saudi Arabia. 
Women were interviewed in private at health centres using a questionnaire which included items from the Modified Conflict Tactic Scale, Kansas Marital Scale and the lie scale of the Minnesota Multiphase Personality Inventory. 
Of 689 eligible women, 25.7\% reported physical abuse and 32.8\% emotional abuse without physical violence.\&nbsp;Of those physically abused, 36.7\% suffered minor and 63.3\% severe incidents. The lifetime prevalence of abuse among the women was 57.7\%. Only 36.7\% of 109 abused women had informed and discussed the issue with their primary care physician.},
	url = {http://www.emro.who.int/emhj-volume-15-2009/volume-15-issue-5/wife-abuse-a-hidden-problem-a-study-among-saudi-women-attending-phc-centres.html},
	author = {A Tashkandi and F P Rasheed}
}
