Tipos de violencia intrafamiliar en mujeres atendidas en el Centro de Salud - Subzona Nro. 11 Loja, periodo 2023

Abstract

Background: domestic violence (VIF) is a health problem that is generated at the individual, social and family level, with consequences on physical and mental health that not only affects women, but also the family unit. Objective: determine the types of domestic violence in women treated at the Health Center - Subzone No. 11 Loja, period 2023. Methodology: descriptive - cross-sectional study. 172 women who met the inclusion criteria participated. The information was recorded using a data collection form prepared by the author. For the VIF assessment, a VIF scale validated in another study was applied. Descriptive statistics were applied, in qualitative variables absolute and relative frequencies are used, in quantitative measures of central tendency. The results are presented in custom tables. Results: FIV prevalence was 44.8% (9% CI 37.19%-52.52%); 93.5% of cases were categorized as mild. Social violence occurred in 32%, followed by psychological and gender violence in 27.9% and 22.8%. 37.8% of FIV cases occurred in the range of 20 to 39 years; 25.6% were single, 29.7% had higher education, 41.9% lived in urban areas and 23.3% had a medium-high socioeconomic level. Conclusions: a high prevalence of FIV was identified, with a greater frequency of this phenomenon being evident in young adult women, single, with higher education, residing in urban areas and with a medium-high socioeconomic level.