Violence against women in life: study among Primary Care users. / Violência contra a mulher na vida: estudo entre usuárias da Atenção Primária.

This article aims to estimate the prevalence and factors associated with intimate partner violence among primary care users. Cross-sectional study with women aged 20 to 59 years. Physical, sexual and psychological violence was screened by the World Health Organization instrument. Poisson regression was used for crude and adjusted analysis. Nine hundred ninety-one women participated in the study. The prevalence of violence throughout the lifespan was: psychological 57.6% (95%CI 54.6-60.7); physical 39.3% (95%CI 36.2-42.3) and sexual 18.0% (95%CI 15.7-20.5). Women with up to eight years of schooling, divorced or separated, whose mothers suffered intimate partner violence, who reported drug use and experienced sexual violence in childhood showed a higher prevalence of the three types of violence. Religion was associated with psychological and sexual violence and the use of cigarettes to physical and psychological violence. Participants with lower household income had a higher prevalence of physical violence. A high prevalence of intimate partner violence was identified among users. Worse socioeconomic conditions, risk behaviors and a history of assault are associated with greater occurrence of this problem.

Violência contra a mulher na vida: estudo entre usuárias da Atenção Primária / Violence against women in life: study among Primary Care users

Resumo O objetivo deste artigo é estimar a prevalência e os fatores associados à violência praticada por parceiro íntimo, ao longo da vida, entre as usuárias da Atenção Primária. Estudo transversal com mulheres de 20 a 59 anos. O rastreio das violências foi feito pelo instrumento da Organização Mundial da Saúde. Regressão de Poisson foi utilizada para análise bruta e ajustada. Participaram 991 mulheres. As prevalências de violência, ao longo da vida, foram: psicológica 57,6% (IC95%: 54,6-60,7); física 39,3% (IC95% 36,2-42,3) e sexual 18,0% (IC95% 15,7-20,5). Mulheres com até oito anos de estudo, divorciadas ou separadas, cujas mães sofreram violência por parceiro íntimo, que relataram uso de drogas e vivenciaram a violência sexual na infância apresentaram maiores prevalências das três violências. A religião esteve associada às violências psicológica e sexual e o uso de cigarro às violências física e psicológica. Participantes de menor renda familiar tiveram maiores prevalências de violência física. Elevada prevalência de violência cometida pelo parceiro íntimo ao longo da vida entre as usuárias. Piores condições socioeconômicas, comportamentos de risco e histórico de agressão estão associados à maior ocorrência deste agravo.

Abstract This article aims to estimate the prevalence and factors associated with intimate partner violence among primary care users. Cross-sectional study with women aged 20 to 59 years. Physical, sexual and psychological violence was screened by the World Health Organization instrument. Poisson regression was used for crude and adjusted analysis. Nine hundred ninety-one women participated in the study. The prevalence of violence throughout the lifespan was: psychological 57.6% (95%CI 54.6-60.7); physical 39.3% (95%CI 36.2-42.3) and sexual 18.0% (95%CI 15.7-20.5). Women with up to eight years of schooling, divorced or separated, whose mothers suffered intimate partner violence, who reported drug use and experienced sexual violence in childhood showed a higher prevalence of the three types of violence. Religion was associated with psychological and sexual violence and the use of cigarettes to physical and psychological violence. Participants with lower household income had a higher prevalence of physical violence. A high prevalence of intimate partner violence was identified among users. Worse socioeconomic conditions, risk behaviors and a history of assault are associated with greater occurrence of this problem.