It is important to screen for the presence of family violence
amongmedical students to helpminimize its adverse effects on
their future career. The result of this study (5.3%) is lower than
what we expected, and there is no local study on similar populations
to compare our result with. Our study result is similar
to the rate (2e22%) reported by Haj-Yahia and De Zoysa
among Sri Lankan university students but is less than the rate
reported among Turkish medical students (52%)