Intimate Partner Violence against women during COVID-۱۹ pandemic: a systematic review

Introduction: Violence comes in many forms, such as Community violence, Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). The outbreak of Coronavirus disease ۲۰۱۹ (COVID-۱۹) Forced many countries to implement stay-at-home and physical distancing measures. Home is not a safe place for those who are experiencing or are at risk of abuse. This study aimed to evaluate IPV against women during the COVID-۱۹ pandemic.Search Method: This systematic review was carried out of all the English and Persian articles published in the following databases by ۱۱ Jun. ۲۰۲۱: PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Embase, Google Scholar, Elmnet. The keywords searched alone or in combination with other keywords included: "Violence", "Intimate Partner Violence", "Domestic Violence", "COVID-۱۹", "SARS-CoV-۲", "Coronavirus", "Women", "Pregnant Women" and their Persian equivalents. From ۶۲۹ obtained articles, we finally reviewed the full text of ۱۴ (۲ Cohort and ۱۲ cross-sectional studies) articles, which had inclusion criteria. After examining the articles' acceptability and quality, the data extracted and recorded in the researcher-made checklist and the extracted data presented in the form of a summary of the article.Results: ۸۵۱۰ women participated in these studies. The results of extracting the articles' findings show three main categories for IPV that impact women's health: ۱. Physical IPV ۲. Emotional IPV ۳. Sexual IPV.