Traumas in women victims of violence: an analysis in Recife-PE

Authors

  • Monaliza Evelyn Pereira de Sousa
  • Manoela Rodrigues de Santana
  • Glenda Isabelle Monte da Cunha
  • Manuele Raiane da Silva Sousa
  • Ivana Myrelle do Nascimento Silva
  • Fernando Ramos Gonçalves

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36489/nursing.2020v23i269p4703-4710

Keywords:

Epidemiology, Gender-Based Violence, Wounds and Injuries, Emergencies

Abstract

Objective: To identify the main traumas in women victims of physical violence treated at a public hospital in the city of Recife/PE. Methods: Descriptive, quantitative and retrospective research, developed in a hospital in Recife / PE in the Medical and Statistical Archive Service sector. Data from 152 medical records were analyzed regarding the person, type of violence and trauma suffered. A questionnaire was prepared, and the data were analyzed in the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 23.0. Results: It was found that the average age of women was 31.82 years, 52.6% suffered physical violence / beatings; 45.4% suffered traumatic brain injury while 23.7% had polytrauma. Head trauma was the most frequent trauma among cases of physical violence / beatings (58.8%) (p-value: 0.001). Conclusion: In light of the results, it was found that the main traumatic injury resulting from violence was traumatic brain injury followed by polytrauma, affecting young women - 16 to 29 years old, mainly victims of physical violence / beatings.

Author Biographies

Monaliza Evelyn Pereira de Sousa

Nurse, graduated from the Catholic University of Pernambuco – UNICAP.

Manoela Rodrigues de Santana

Nurse, graduated from the Catholic University of Pernambuco – UNICAP.

Glenda Isabelle Monte da Cunha

Nurse, graduated from the Catholic University of Pernambuco – UNICAP.

Manuele Raiane da Silva Sousa

Nursing student at the Catholic University of Pernambuco - UNICAP.

Ivana Myrelle do Nascimento Silva

Nursing student at the Catholic University of Pernambuco – UNICAP.

Fernando Ramos Gonçalves

Obstetrics Nurse from the Federal University of Pernambuco (1996). Master in Public Health - Center for Studies in Collective Health at the Aggeu Magalhães Research Center (2001). Specialization at the Multiprofessional Residency Level in Preventive and Social Medicine by the Center for Studies in Collective Health of the Research Center Aggeu Magalhães of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation - NESC / CPqAM / FIOCRUZ. Specialist in Professional Education in the Health Area: Nursing by the National School of Public Health of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation - ENSP / FIOCRUZ. Specialist in Health Teaching from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS. Doctoral student of the Doctoral Program in Language Sciences - UNICAP.

Published

2020-10-22

How to Cite

Pereira de Sousa, M. E. ., Rodrigues de Santana, M. ., Monte da Cunha, G. I. ., da Silva Sousa, M. R. ., do Nascimento Silva, I. M., & Ramos Gonçalves, F. . (2020). Traumas in women victims of violence: an analysis in Recife-PE. Nursing Edição Brasileira, 23(269), 4703–4710. https://doi.org/10.36489/nursing.2020v23i269p4703-4710

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Section

Artigos Cientí­ficos