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Revista Cubana de Obstetricia y Ginecología
versión impresa ISSN 0138-600X
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MARTINEZ CAMILO, Rodolfo Valentín. The domestic violence in mean age woman. Rev Cubana Obstet Ginecol [online]. 2011, vol.37, n.3, pp. 367-374. ISSN 0138-600X.
INTRODUCTION: Climateric is the time elapsed from the total sexual maturity to total loss of ovarian functions. Biological and in family and social changes are produced, in occasions may to appear worries linked to home violence where women of mean age are the main victims. OBJECTIVE: To analyze some characteristics of mean age women underwent the home violence. METHOD: A applicable and descriptive study was conducted in the Gynecology and Obstetrics Teaching Hospital of Guanabacoa municipality during 2010 where sample included 137 women came to climateric consultation and in a anonymous way answered to a survey containing the variables suitable for our study. RESULTS: With relation to the marital status, the women con unstable partners had the higher percentage for the 68.5 %, regarding the schooling level in the 45.3 % are included those of primary school level who were mainly the study women; he higher percentage are unemployed, the psychological violence was of 67.2 % and the more significant effect was the upset (frustration, shame, sadness, etc.) in the 100 % of study women. CONCLUSIONS: The psychological way was the more frequent home violence in the climateric women.
Palabras clave : Home violence; violence against woman; mean age.