Violência doméstica e consumo de álcool entre mulheres: um estudo transversal por amostragem na cidade de Juiz de Fora-MG

Abstract

Despite the clear association between alcohol consumption and domestic violence episodes, both phenomena are complex and require research on how they are associated.This observational transversal research, using a probabilistic sample household survey among adult women, investigated the association between episodes of domestic violence (between the couple and also directed to children) and patterns of alcohol consumption among women in low-income neighborhood of Juiz de Fora city. A sample of 480 women aged between 18 and 60 years were interviewed, which answered a sociodemographic questionnaire, a screening instrument for alcohol consumption, AUDIT, and two scales of domestic violence CTS2 CTSPC. The collected data were analyzed using the SPSS statistical software. To investigate the association between variables were used Pearson’s chi-square test. Results showed the prevalence of risky alcohol consumption among women of 7.8%. The prevalence of psychological violence perpetrated by women against children was 90%, and against his partner reached 70%. And physical violence directed at children has reached 77%, being 24% the prevalence of this type of aggression against the partner. Statistically significant associations between alcohol consumption of women and violence were observed in severe physical violence behaviors: abuse directed at children and women physical victimization by their partners.