New data finds a significant year-over-year jump in intimate partner violence cases among patients -- nearly all women -- who sought emergency care during the COVID-19 pandemic's first few weeks.
"This data confirms what we suspected," said study co-author Mardi Chadwick Balcom."Being confined to home for a period of time would increase the possibility for violence between intimate partners."
The study focused on results of radiology scans at the hospital between March 11 and May 3 -- the nine-week period after Massachusetts Gov. Charles Baker declared a state of emergency and closed schools in response to COVID-19. During spring 2020, the hospital treated 28 serious domestic abuse injuries . Such"deep" injuries resulted from strangulation, stabbing,Five victims of severe abuse were identified in 2020, compared to one in each of the three previous years.While deeply troubling, Khurana acknowledged that the findings are from one institution and might not apply more broadly.
"For many women and girls," he added,"the threat looms largest where they should be safest, in their own homes."
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