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Table 4 Reasons for the disclosure of IPV experience among pregnant women

From: Intimate partner violence disclosure and associated factors among pregnant women attending a city hospital in South-Western Uganda: a cross-sectional study

Reason (s) for IPV disclosure

n (%)a

Access support

108 (96.5)

Respect for women’s needs and wishes

82 (73.2)

Personal safety

78 (69.6)

Could not endure anymore

76 (67.9)

Keeping other family members/loved ones safe

39 (34.8)

Threatened or tried to be killed

25 (22.3)

Observed children were suffering

17(15.2)

  1. aMultiple responses