Clinical Neuropsychological Profile and Quality of Life in Women Who Have Suffered Gender-Based Violence

Background: This research characterizes the clinical and neuropsychological profiles and the quality of life in a group of Ecuadorian women who suffered physical violence, psychological violence, or sexual violence, exploring their relationships with sociodemographic factors.Methods: A battery of te...

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Autores: Meneses, AYM, Fernandez-Gonzalo, S, Vicente, MJ
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Recursos:Institut d'Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí (I3PT)
Repositorio:r-I3PT. Repositorio Institucional Producción Científica del Institut d'Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí
OAI Identifier:oai:i3pt.fundanetsuite.com:p3801
Acesso em linha:https://i3pt.portalinvestigacion.com/publicaciones/3801
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85171676307&doi=10.1089%2fwhr.2023.0019&partnerID=40&md5=e9de6b3c139918fe9c55271c3d01295d
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:gender-based violence
battered women
violence against women
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Resumo:Background: This research characterizes the clinical and neuropsychological profiles and the quality of life in a group of Ecuadorian women who suffered physical violence, psychological violence, or sexual violence, exploring their relationships with sociodemographic factors.Methods: A battery of tests were used to explore the clinical and neuropsychological functions and quality of life in 120 participants who were selected from a population affected by violence.Results: Sixty percent of the participants showed clinical anxiety, 26.7% clinical depression, 40% post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, 15% moderate personality disorder, and 51.7% a low quality-of-life index. Their Z-scores in the neuropsychological domains evaluated were verbal memory (Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test = -1.35), working memory (Digits = -1.67), attention (D2 = -1.24), processing speed (Coding = -1.33; Trail Making Test A = 1.81), and executive function (Trail Making Test B = -1.15; Stroop = -0.20; verbal-semantic fluency test = 0.05; verbal fluency test = -1.23).Conclusions: The majority of women who suffered gender-based violence presented clinical levels of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic symptoms. The cognitive functions with lower scores (Z < -1.5) were working memory and processing speed, mediated by education factor.