TY - JOUR T1 - Male victims of physical partner violence have poorer physical and mental health than men of the general population JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 26 LP - 26 DO - 10.1136/eb-2015-102091 VL - 19 IS - 1 AU - Vijay Singh Y1 - 2016/01/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/19/1/26.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Hines DA, Douglas EM. Health problems of partner violence victims: comparing help-seeking men to a population-based sample. Am J Prev Med 2015;48:136–44.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedHigh blood pressure, asthma, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are health indicators of female-to-male partner violence (PV).Nurses and other healthcare providers should consider assessing for PV victimisation among men with these physical and mental health problems.Future research should look at health outcomes between those with and without PV victimisation, and also at health outcomes of those who perpetrate PV aggression. In addition, future research could also look to assess gastrointestinal and sleep disorders, as these conditions are linked to PV aggression.1 ,2There is growing evidence describing women … ER -