Association between domestic violence and women's quality of life

a cross-sectional population-based household survey conducted with women 18 years and older, using a stratified sample by neighborhoods. For analysis, prevalence of domestic violence and quality of life index was verified and logistic regression was used to determine associations, with a significance level of 5%.

Results:

424 women who had a prevalence of domestic violence of 54.4% and a quality of life index of 61.59 participated in this study. It was verified, through logistic regression, that domestic violence is associated with women's quality of life (p=0,017). The observed variables that influence the occurrence of domestic violence were in the social relations domain (p=0,000), provision of medical treatment for women (p=0,019) and safety (p=0,006).

Conclusion:

the study confirmed the evidence of an association between domestic violence against women and quality of life, a situation that reaffirms the importance of constructing public policies focused on gender emancipation.

Descriptors:
Gender Identity; Violence Against Women; Quality of Life

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[1] Corresponding author: Kerle Dayana Tavares de Lucena Av. Juarez Távora, 2997, Apto. 401 Bairro: Torre CEP: 58040-022, João Pessoa, PB, Brasil E-mail: kerledayana@gmail.com

Variables	Estimates of coefficients	Default error	p-value	OR*	CI^† 95%
Satisfaction assessment of Qol^‡	-0,058	0,024	0,017	0,943	0,899-0,990
Domain 3 (Social relationships)	-0,041	0,009	0,000	0,960	0,943-0,977
Need for medical treatment	0,202	0,086	0,019	1,224	1,033-1,450
Feeling of safety	-0,286	0,104	0,006	0,751	0,612-0,922
Intercept	3,334	0,702	0,000	-	-

Variable	Lilliefors (teste KS)		Shapiro-Wilk
Variable	Test statistic value	p-value	Test statistic value	p-value
Domain Score 1 (Physical)	0,088	0,000^†	0,974	0,000^†
Domain Score 2 (Psychological)	0,070	0,000^†	0,987	0,000^†
Domain Score 3 (Social relationships)	0,145	0,000^†	0,930	0,000^†
Domain Score 4 (Environment)	0,087	0,000^†	0,982	0,000^†
IQoL^‡	0,031	0,390	0,997	0,431

Variable	Averages		p-value
Variable	Group 1 (women who suffered violence)	Group 2 (women who did not experience domestic violence)
Domain Score 1 (Physical)	65,33	70,59	0,0002^† (Test W)
Domain Score 2 (Psychological)	60,13	67,31	0,0000^† (Test W)
Domain Score 3 (Social Relationships)	64,71	75,37	0,0000^† (Test W)
Domain Score 4 (Environment)	48,23	53,90	0,0002^† (Test W)
IQoL^‡	59,62	66,80	0,0000^† (Test t)

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Association between domestic violence and women's quality of life1 1 Paper extracted from Doctoral Dissertation "Violência doméstica contra a mulher e qualidade de vida", presented to Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil.

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Association between domestic violence and women's quality of life^¹ 1 Paper extracted from Doctoral Dissertation "Violência doméstica contra a mulher e qualidade de vida", presented to Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil.