Burgos Delia, Canaval Gladys E, Tobo Natalia, Bernal de Pheils Pilar, Humphreys Janice
Escuela de Enfermería, Facultad de Salud, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. delia.burgos@ correounivalle.edu.co
Rev Salud Publica (Bogota). 2012 Jun;14(3):377-89.
Identifying the incidence and severity of types of intimate partner violence against women exposed to this in their communities and the pertinent socio-demographic characteristics.
This was a cross-sectional descriptive study of 150 women suffering intimate partner violence. The Severity of Violence Against Women Scale was used to explore demographic variables, e.g. age, sex, socioeconomic status, educational level, marital status and occupation.
Mean age was 37 years, 74 % were mestizos, 68 % were living in socioeconomic groups 2 and 3, 43 % were living with a permanent partner and 31 % had experienced violence by other people than their intimate partner. There was high exposure (96.3 %) to more than one type of violence; 88% had suffered physical and 53 % sexual threats. All types were correlated with each other (r ranged from 0.42 to 0.84 (p <0.01)). Socioeconomic status had a significant negative correlation with threats of violence (p><0.01) and positive correlation with physical violence (p><0.01); other socio-demographic variables did not correlate.
Psychosocial factors are heavily involved in the phenomenon. Screening and intervening in forms of violence other than physical ones means protecting women and reducing the harm being done to them and alleviating their suffering. It is vital that interventions should be undertaken for preventing different types of violence according to socioeconomic group and accompany women and their assailants in recognising such violence and seeking help.
确定社区中遭受亲密伴侣暴力侵害的女性所遭受的暴力类型的发生率和严重程度，以及相关的社会人口学特征。
这是一项对150名遭受亲密伴侣暴力的女性进行的横断面描述性研究。使用《妇女遭受暴力严重程度量表》来探究人口统计学变量，如年龄、性别、社会经济地位、教育水平、婚姻状况和职业。
平均年龄为37岁，74%为混血儿，68%生活在社会经济群体2和3中，43%与固定伴侣生活在一起，31%曾遭受亲密伴侣之外其他人的暴力。有很高比例（96.3%）的人遭受不止一种类型的暴力；88%遭受过身体暴力，53%遭受过性威胁。所有类型的暴力之间都相互关联（r值范围为0.42至0.84（p<0.01））。社会经济地位与暴力威胁呈显著负相关（p<0.01），与身体暴力呈正相关（p<0.01）；其他社会人口学变量无相关性。
心理社会因素在这一现象中起很大作用。筛查和干预除身体暴力之外的其他暴力形式意味着保护女性，减少对她们造成的伤害并减轻她们的痛苦。至关重要的是，应根据社会经济群体进行干预以预防不同类型的暴力，并陪伴女性及其攻击者认识到此类暴力并寻求帮助。
