Objective: To study the incidence of domestic violence in pregnant women attending the
antenatal clinic of a local teaching hospital. Study design: All pregnant women attending
their first antenatal clinic in Tsan Yuk Hospital between 11th August and 3rd November,
1998 were interviewed by a designated research nurse (YYJL) using a standard
questionnaire (Abuse Assessment Screen) to detect the incidence of domestic violence, the
nature of violence, the frequency of violence and the perpetrator of abuse. Demographic …