Questionnaire to Study Violence Against Women in the Climateric's Phase.

NCT01158768 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 180/09.1
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 288
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Objectives - To construct and validate a questionnaire evaluating violence suffered by women during any phase of their lives and health repercussions during climactery. Method: A controlled study with the application of a questionnaire at the Outpatient Clinics for Endocrine Gynecology and Climactery of the University Hospital (Hospital das Clínicas) of the Medicine College of the University of São Paulo (FMUSP), Brazil, performed during 2009 for 124 women aged between 40 and 65 years, who were victims of domestic and/or sexual violence, distributed in three groups regarding the phase in which their experience with violence occurred: 1. Violence exclusively during childhood/adolescence; 2. During adulthood; 3. Throughout all phases. The instrument encompasses 13 key questions and 21 sub items evaluating: 1. Place of residence and who the woman lives with; 2. Start, frequency and type of violence; 3. Search for health assistance and report of the violence; 4. Violence and number of affections; 5. Violence and Menopausal Kupermann Index (IMK). Results: The instrument presented Cronbach Alpha=0.82, reliability among examiners (+0,80), and good possibility to be reproduced. Average age of the women was 55,8 years (±6,6), menopause at -45,4 years in average, in the control Group (GC) it was 48,1 years; first sexual intercourse 19,5 years (GC = 21,0); menarche 13,1 years, and average BMI (Body Mass Index) 28,5 (±2,8), similar to the GC, but frequent violence during adulthood showed a BMI of 30,0 (±2,8). Women who were submitted to violence exclusively: during childhood 14,5%; adolescence 1,6%; adulthood 41,9%, during all phases of their lives 42,0%. Women subjected to violence during childhood/adolescence (58,1%) presented an average of 5,1 affections; during adulthood, 4,6 and 4,4 for both phases. Sexual violence (43,5%) and other types of violence both present average affections (4,60) but represent a significative impairment of sexual life. There were significative associations between suffering any type of violence during all phases of their lives, sexual violence during any phase of their lives and a serious IMK. Among those women, 80,6% did not search health services due to the violence suffered. Conclusion: The questionnaire presents good internal consistency and a validated construction, can be easily reproduced and is indicated to evaluate the consequences of domestic and/or sexual violence on women´s health during climactery.

Conditions

Comorbidity; Domestic Violence; Sexual Abuse

Keywords

domestic violence in childhood/adolescence; comorbidities; climactery; domestic violence against women; trauma questionnaire; Violence

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Number of comorbidities present in the climacteric phase and intensity of symptoms in women victims of domestic violence

  3 months

Study Arms (1)

Violence, Comorbidity

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 40 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Women (during the ages of 40 to 65 years) who were or are victims of domestic and sexual violence seeking attention at the outpatient clinic for Endocrines Gynecology and Climactery - University of Sao Paulo General Hospital during 2009.

You may qualify if:

• Women (during the ages of 40 to 65 years) who were or are victims of domestic and/or sexual violence

You may not qualify if:

• Women who were not victims of domestic and/or sexual violence.
• Women that were not 40 to 65 years.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Sao Paulo General Hospital: lead
• Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico: collaborator
• Núcleo de Estudos Sobre Violência e Humanização da Assistencia à Saúde: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Hospital das Clinicas of the Medicine College of the University of São Paulo

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Location

Study Officials

• Angela M Fonseca, Assoc Prof

  University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Sandra Dircinha TA Moraes, Post-Doc

  University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: ECOLOGIC OR COMMUNITY
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 14, 2010
• First Posted: July 8, 2010
• Study Start: January 1, 2009
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2009
• Study Completion: August 1, 2009
• Last Updated: January 28, 2011

Record last verified: 2009-03

Locations

BR (1)