Prevalencia y factores asociados de las lesiones producidas por violencia intrafamiliar en usuarios atendidos en el consejo de la judicatura en Azogues, periodo 2019-2020

Abstract

Background: Injuries caused by domestic violence are an alarming problem globally, and Ecuador is not an exception, so it is necessary to conduct studies that serve as a reference to develop new research. General objective: To determine the prevalence and factors associated with domestic violence in users attended at the Judiciary Council of Azogues, period 2019-2020. Methodology: A descriptive observational study was conducted with all the complaints of violence registered in the Judicial Violence Unit of Azogues. A total of 256 cases were analyzed with SPSS Statistics25 test version, for the calculation of frequencies. Results: The prevalence of injuries caused by domestic violence according to the complaints received at the Specialized Judicial Unit of the Judiciary Council in Azogues, for 2019 and 2020 were 66.67% and 78.79% respectively, where 95.3% were of legal age and 83.6% were women; in addition, 50% had a basic level of education, so 44.1% had domestic work as their main economic activity. With 47.3% and 62.5% the violent acts occurred on weekends and at night as well as, 84% of these acts, happened inside the home. Conclusions: The study determined the existence of an increase in prevalence between the periods analyzed, it also allowed characterizing the events occurred with sociodemographic factors and with the medical legal aspects originated.