Citation

Ilha MM, Leal SM, Soares Jdos S. Rev. Gaucha Enferm. 2010; 31(2): 328-334.

Vernacular Title

Mulheres internadas por agressao em um hospital de pronto socorro:

Affiliation

Hospital São Camilo, Esteio, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande e do Sul)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

21500514

Abstract

This is a cross-sectional study that aims to characterize the hospitalization of female victims of aggression at Hospital de Pronto Socorro de Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, over the year 2005. The data collection was done through the analysis of the records of women above 18 years old who had been victims of aggression. The analysis was described through the use of Epi-Info Software, with the categorization of the events and the crossing of descriptive variables and absolute and relative frequency indexes. Over the studied time frame, 73 women, victims of aggression, entered the hospital; 49.3% of them were between the ages of 18 and 29; 41.1% were assaulted with firearm and 37% with white weapon. In nearly all records, data were incomplete or lacked registrations at all, an indication that many cases of aggression were not identified during the hospitalization time and that the treatment was restricted to physical lesions.

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