Socio-Demographic Characteristics Intimate Partner Violence Among Women Attending Antenatal Clinic in A Teaching Hospital in Ibadan

Recent literature indicates that the rise in death rates and reported maltreatment among pregnant women is attributable to intimate partner violence. This has furthermore resulted in physical, emotional, and psychological harm to the victim's social well-being and that of their children. On this premise this study investigated socio-demographic characteristics and intimate partner violence among women attending antenatal clinic in a teaching hospital in Ibadan. The study employed a quasi-experimental design using a pre-test and post-test approach to assess the prevalence, and influence of a socio-demographic characteristics on IPV among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics at Adeoyo Maternity Teaching Hospital, Ibadan.. The result shows that that there is a significant difference in the pretest and posttest scores of patients knowledge of intimate partner violence; t(169)= -33.493, p< 0.01. ANOVA summary reveals that there is a significant difference in the post knowledge level of IPV and different wife’s occupation; F(3,166)=3.510, p< 0.05. A significant difference was also found in the knowledge level of IPV and different marital types of the pregnant women; F(2,167)=3.342, p< 0.05. t-test summary also reveals that there is a significant difference in the knowledge level of the married pregnant women and other unmarried pregnant women; t(168)=-2.924, p< 0.05. It was recommended among others, that future educational interventions be tailored to address the specific needs of women with different occupations and marital types to ensure maximum effectiveness. Keywords: Intimate partners violence (IPV), Pregnant women, Nurse-led educational intervention, Socio-demographic characteristics,