Violencia de pareja en contra de la mujer y la funcionalidad familiar. Parroquia Güel, cantón Sigsig. 2015- 2016

Abstract

Introduction: Couple violence against women is a public and family health problem, it must be studied due to physical, psychological and social consequences that affect the health and quality of life of women, and the family, however, in the Parish of Guel there are no previous studies on this situation. Objective: To determine the characteristics of violence of the couple against the woman and the relation with the familiar functionality in the parish Güel of the Canton Sigsig. Material and methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in 113 women from the Güel parish of Sigsig Canton, from 2015-2016. A data collection instrument was applied to know the socio-demographic characteristics, the family functionality was evaluated by the FFSIL test and the partner violence through the WAST test. The variables were represented as absolute frequencies and percentage. The chi-square test, prevalence ratio (PR), and 95% confidence intervals were used to determine the association between variables. Results: The prevalence of partner violence was 25.7%. The women with more partner violence were those of more than or equal to 46 years (PR = 2,743, 95% CI: 1.485-5.087, p = 0.001), unstable partner (PR = 3.023, 95% CI: 1.718-5.321, p <0.001 ), Family absence (PR = 4.612, 95% CI: 2.795-7.610, p <0.001) and family dysfunction (PR = 17,200, 95% CI: 2,427-121,885, p <0.001). Conclusions. Partner violence was found associated with family dysfunction and unstable couples with low schooling and few support networks