Psychological Violence and Associated Factors Among Housemaid’s in Northwest Ethiopia.

Abstract Background: psychological violence often called emotional violence is a form of violence that may result in psychological trauma. Psychological violence can destroy intimate relationships, friendships and even our relationship with us. The majority of human beings may have been a victim of some form of psychological violence at some point of their life. Therefore this study expected to assess the magnitude of Psychological violence and its associated factors among housemaids.Methods: A community based cross-sectional study was conducted from April 1-30/ 2018. About 688 study participants were selected using cluster sampling. Data were entered into Epi info version 7.2.2.6 and analyzed with SPSS version 20 then, mainly analyzed using descriptive statistic and Binary logistic regression.Result: A community based cross-sectional study was conducted from April 1-30/ 2018 among 688 randomly selected housemaids. From 688 participated in the study, about 387(56.3%) (95%CI: 52.6 - 60.2) housemaids had experienced at least one form of psychological violence in their life time. From those who had experienced violence, 175(25.4%) (95%CI: 22.1%-28.6%) had experienced in the last 12 months. No formal education (AOR=3.13, 95%CI: 1.76, 5.57), primary education (AOR=2.09, 95%CI: 1.12, 3.90), being rural (AOR=2.04, 95%CI: 1.13, 3.71), and family live situation and alcohol consumption of employers had significant association with housemaid psychological violence. Conclusion: n this study,high prevalence of housemaid psychological violence has been reported. To resolve the problem, it is important to expand information education communication and behavioral change to empower housemaid.