The Effect of Anxiety Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic on Domestic Violence Against Pregnant Women

authors:

avatar Faezeh Ramezani 1 , avatar Frozan Olfati 2 , *

Student Research Committee, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.
Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.
Journal of Inflammatory Diseases: Vol.24, issue 2; 94-101
article type: issue_documents_importer

How To Cite Ramezani F, Olfati F. The Effect of Anxiety Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic on Domestic Violence Against Pregnant Women. J Inflamm Dis. 2020;24(2):e156205. 

Abstract

In December 2019, cases of pneumonia were reported in China due to a new coronavirus. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced this disease as a pandemic, provoked global anxiety.