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Article History

Received: 1 September 2022

Accepted: 22 December 2022

First Online: 2 January 2023

Declarations

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: All measures and provisions relating to the principles applied to the ethics of human research (the Helsinki Biomedical Ethics Guidelines) have been respected and observed throughout this research work. The confidentiality of the information collected and the informed consent of the victims examined were respected. All the participants in this survey gave a favorable opinion after having explained to them the purpose and the framework of the investigation. Sheets explaining the objectives and the framework of the study were prepared beforehand and presented in two languages (Arabic and French) to the victims of domestic violence during the medicolegal examination and before each collection of information. The Ethics and Health Sciences Research Committee of the IBN ROCHD University Hospital in Annaba give a favorable opinion for this investigation. The ethics board approved the research protocol with an emphasis on confidentiality.

: All authors gave a favorable opinion for the publication of the results of our study.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.