Violência física entre parceiros íntimos na gestação como fator de risco para a má qualidade do pré-natal
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate physical intimate partner violence during gestation as an independent risk factor for low quality of prenatal care. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out at three public maternity wards of the municipality of Rio de Janeiro (Southeastern Brazil). The 528 puerperal w...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2010 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP) |
| Repositorio: | Revista de Saúde Pública |
| Idioma: | portugués inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.usp.br:article/32817 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/article/view/32817 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Gravidez Mulheres Maltratadas Maus-Tratos Conjugais Violência contra a Mulher Cuidado Pré-Natal Violência Doméstica Embarazo Mujeres Maltratadas Maltrato Conyugal Violencia contra la Mujer Atención Prenatal Violencia Doméstica Pregnancy Battered Women Spouse Abuse Violence Against Women Prenatal Care Domestic Violence |
| Sumario: | OBJECTIVE: To evaluate physical intimate partner violence during gestation as an independent risk factor for low quality of prenatal care. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out at three public maternity wards of the municipality of Rio de Janeiro (Southeastern Brazil). The 528 puerperal women included in the study were selected by simple random sampling from all babies born at term in 2000. Prenatal care information was collected through the pregnant woman's card and face-to-face interviews. The Kotelchuck index was employed to assess the quality of prenatal care. In order to identify violence situations, the Brazilian version of the instrument Revised Conflict Tactics Scales was used. Non-conditional logistic regression was used to assess the effect of exposure, after controlling for confounding variables. RESULTS: Even after adjustment for socioeconomic, demographic, reproductive, and couple's lifestyle variables, physical intimate partner violence during gestation remained associated with low quality of prenatal care. Women exposed to physical violence during gestation had 2.2 times more chance of presenting inadequate prenatal care compared to those without history of physical violence. CONCLUSIONS: These findings point to the need of identifying family conflict situations since the beginning of prenatal care in order to address the issue and enable higher adherence to follow-up among victimized pregnant women. |
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