Psycho-emotional repercussions of domestic violence: the profile of women on basic healthcare

Authors

  • Sâmia Larissa de Lima Vale
  • Cláudia Maria Ramos Medeiros
  • Clênia de Oliveira Cavalcanti
  • Cora Coralina dos Santos Junqueira
  • Liliana Cruz de Souza

Keywords:

Violence Against Women, Health Services, Women’s Health, Nursing.

Abstract

This research proposes to investigate the socio-demographic profile of the women assisted in a health service and the psycho emotional repercussions of domestic violence on them. This is an exploratory, descriptive study with a quantitative approach, developed at the Cidade Verde Integrated Family Health Unit, in João Pessoa, PB, Brazil. 400 women were interviewed in January and February 2010 and semi-structured interviews were used. From this amount, 211 women (52.75%) were identified with history of domestic violence and composed the study sample. As a profile of the victims of violence, the study showed a high incidence of adults (78.67 %), married (45.04%), earning up to two minimum salaries (72.03%), complete high school level (33.17%), dark skinned victims (46.44%), catholic (50.13%) and housewives (56.87%). The main psycho-emotional impacts included were: sadness, anger and depression. Services of health should serve as places of orientation in the detection of violent events, promoting actions which identify the problem and its coping.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.15253/2175-6783.2013000400004

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Published

2013-08-07

How to Cite

Vale, S. L. de L., Medeiros, C. M. R., Cavalcanti, C. de O., Junqueira, C. C. dos S., & Souza, L. C. de. (2013). Psycho-emotional repercussions of domestic violence: the profile of women on basic healthcare. Rev Rene, 14(4). Retrieved from http://www.periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/3524

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