RESUMEN
We carried out a descriptive longitudinal study, in the Teaching Clinic Surgical Hospital Comandante Faustino Pérez, of the province of Matanzas, in the period from June 2008 to June 2009, on the behavior of intra familial violence in elder patients, entering the services of Geriatrics, Internal Medicine and Urology for health reasons. The general objective of this study was diagnosing the main characteristics and manifestations of the intra familial violence. The sample was formed by 50 patients, fulfilling the selection criteria that are, being elder patients entering the before-mentioned services because of different somatic alterations, and giving their verbal and written consent to participate in the investigation. The sample selection criteria answered the objective of the study and the characteristics of the investigation. We used the non probabilistic method intentionally, based on the willfulness, confidentiality and anonymity, because of the special characteristics of the subjects of the study. Currently, the intra familial violence is a serious social and health problem, because its sequels affect the physical and psychological health of the people, being children, women and elder people the most vulnerable social groups. That was the reason of this research, showing the magnitude of this problem and its social repercussion, and also the disturbances it causes in human health. The method used to collect the information was a questionnaire validated by other authors. The results demonstrated that all the studied patients showed manifestations of intra familial violence, and that its consequences have influence on their physical and psychological health. The conclusions were based in the form violence takes, with a predominance of the psychological one. Besides that, it was stated the necessity of developing diagnostic studies on this problem among this vulnerable group, to prevent and adequately attend this phenomena when it is discovered...(AU)
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Humanos , Anciano , Violencia Doméstica/ética , Violencia Doméstica/prevención & control , Violencia Doméstica/psicología , Calidad de Vida , Abuso de Ancianos/diagnóstico , Abuso de Ancianos/prevención & control , Abuso de Ancianos/psicología , Estudios Longitudinales , Epidemiología DescriptivaRESUMEN
Se realizó un estudio descriptivo longitudinal, en el Hospital Universitario Clínico Quirúrgico Comandante Faustino Pérez Hernández, de la provincia de Matanzas, en un período comprendido de junio de 2008 a junio de 2009, sobre el comportamiento de la violencia intrafamiliar en pacientes adultos mayores que ingresaron por razones de salud en los servicios de Geriatría, Medicina Interna y Urología. Dicho estudio tuvo como objetivo general diagnosticar las principales características y manifestaciones de la violencia intrafamiliar. La muestra quedó constituida por 50 pacientes, que cumplieron con los criterios de selección, o sea, pacientes adultos mayores que ingresaron por diferentes alteraciones somáticas en los servicios antes mencionados, y que dieron su consentimiento verbal y escrito de participar en la investigación. El criterio de selección de la muestra respondió al objeto de estudio y a las características de la investigación. Se utilizó el método no probabilístico de forma intencional, basado en la voluntariedad, confidencialidad y anonimato, por las características especiales de los sujetos a estudiar. En la contemporaneidad se expresa la violencia intrafamiliar como un grave problema social y de salud, puesto que sus secuelas afectan la salud física y psicológica de las personas, siendo los niños, las mujeres y los ancianos las personas más vulnerables. Por esta razón fue necesario realizar este estudio, que demostró la magnitud de esta problemática y su repercusión social, así como las afectaciones que provoca a la salud humana. Los métodos empleados para la recolección de la información fue una encuesta validada por otros autores. Los resultados demostraron que en todos los pacientes estudiados existían manifestaciones de violencia familiar, y que sus consecuencias influyen en la calidad de su salud, tanto física como psicológica. Las conclusiones se basaron en la forma de violencia (prevaleciendo la psicológica), además de quedar demostrada la necesidad de estudios de diagnóstico sobre esta problemática en este grupo vulnerable, a fin de poder prevenir y brindar la atención adecuada a este fenómeno.
We carried out a descriptive longitudinal study, in the Teaching Clinic Surgical Hospital Comandante Faustino Pérez, of the province of Matanzas, in the period from June 2008 to June 2009, on the behavior of intra familial violence in elder patients, entering the services of Geriatrics, Internal Medicine and Urology for health reasons. The general objective of this study was diagnosing the main characteristics and manifestations of the intra familial violence. The sample was formed by 50 patients, fulfilling the selection criteria that are, being elder patients entering the before-mentioned services because of different somatic alterations, and giving their verbal and written consent to participate in the investigation. The sample selection criteria answered the objective of the study and the characteristics of the investigation. We used the non probabilistic method intentionally, based on the willfulness, confidentiality and anonymity, because of the special characteristics of the subjects of the study. Currently, the intra familial violence is a serious social and health problem, because its sequels affect the physical and psychological health of the people, being children, women and elder people the most vulnerable social groups. That was the reason of this research, showing the magnitude of this problem and its social repercussion, and also the disturbances it causes in human health. The method used to collect the information was a questionnaire validated by other authors. The results demonstrated that all the studied patients showed manifestations of intra familial violence, and that its consequences have influence on their physical and psychological health. The conclusions were based in the form violence takes, with a predominance of the psychological one. Besides that, it was stated the necessity of developing diagnostic studies on this problem among this vulnerable group, to prevent and adequately attend this phenomena when it is discovered.