Bibliographic citations
Araujo, D., (2021). Asociación entre la severidad de lesiones físicas por violencia de pareja hacia la mujer con la recurrencia de episodios reportados en una unidad de medicina forense de Lima, 2016 – 2018 [Tesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)]. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/658885
Araujo, D., Asociación entre la severidad de lesiones físicas por violencia de pareja hacia la mujer con la recurrencia de episodios reportados en una unidad de medicina forense de Lima, 2016 – 2018 [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC); 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/658885
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title = "Asociación entre la severidad de lesiones físicas por violencia de pareja hacia la mujer con la recurrencia de episodios reportados en una unidad de medicina forense de Lima, 2016 – 2018",
author = "Araujo Mestanza, Diana Mercedes",
publisher = "Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)",
year = "2021"
}
Objective To determine associations between the severity of injuries from the first recorded episode of physical violence by the partner with the recurrence of another episode in women who attend a legal medicine unit. Methods This is a retrospective cohort study. We identified 201 women (18+ years) who had experienced intimate partner violence (IPV) and presented at a legal medicine unit between 2016 and 2018. Demographic and injury data were retrieved from forensic medical and psychological reports. Two differents scales (Peruvian and Australian scale) were used to classify general body injuries as mild, moderate or severe. Each episode was analyzed and categorized as recurrence if a subsequent episode of IPV was confirmed by a medical-legal examination in the same forensic center. A multivariate analysis was performed using Poisson regression with robust variance and adjusting for confounding variables. Findings 37 (18.4%) women reported a following episode of IPV since the index event. Risk factors associated with a higher risk of recurrence of IPV included the perpetrator's access to a weapon (RR 5.8, 95% CI 1.7, 19.5, p = 0.004). Others identified factors were head and face injuries (RR 0.4; CI95% 0.2; 0.9 p = 0.024) and the severity of injuries evidenced during the first recorded event (RR 3.5; CI95 % 1.07, 11.61, p = 0.038, according to the Peruvian scale, vs. RR 2.3; 95% CI 1.1, 4.5, p = 0.017, according to the Australian scale). Conclusions There is an increased risk of having a new episode of IPV if the initial reported injury has been moderate to severe. Another risk factor for recurrence identified was the possession of a firearm by the aggressor and as a protective factor was the presence of a head injury.
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