Life quality of women that were victims of

Lethal and intentional violent crimes in 2006-2009 period

Leila Maria Vieira Medeiros1  

& Valdenilson Ribeiro Ribas2                                                                                                                                                                   

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The quality of life (QL) was evaluated in women that were victims of lethal and intentional violent crimes (CVLI) in Pernambuco in 2006-2009 period by the QL Inventory of Lipp and Rocha in the emotional, social,health quadrants and professional. The data were analyzed by the Chi-Square and Fisher’s exact tests with p<0.05, distributed in frequency and expressed in percentage. The participants were divided into two groups: women victims of violence (MVV, n=1290); not assaulted women (CONTROL,  n=860). It  was found  that the MVV presented higher percentage in QL in the emotional quadrant (45.16%, p<0.0001*), when compared to the respective CONTROL (31.71%) and higher percentage of aggression performed by the partner between 2006 and 2009 (48.93%, p<0.05*), compared to the control groups: ex-partner (23.43%), lover (4.34%), boyfriend (3.7%), ex-boyfriend (2.21%) and neighbor (6.35%).  It was still found higher percentage  of aggression using a firearm (239.65%, p<0.05*), compared to cold weapons (85.83%), blunt instrument (43.27%),  strangulation (13.16%), choke (6.6%), not informed instrument (6.56%), carbonized (2.57%) and others (2.07%); and higher percentage of passionate aggression (84.22%, p<  0.05), compared to futile reasons  (30.77%), revenge (20.71%), drug traffic (25.18%), robbery (16.58%) and others (38.93%); the Metropolitan  Region  presents higher percentage  of victimized women (123.09%, p<0.05), compared to the  Capital (91.95%), Mata (53.15%),  Agreste (72.59%)  and Sertão (59.24%).  Therefore, it was found in this study that the MVV presented damage in QL regarding  the emotional state and higher percentage of aggression perpetrated by the partner, using a firearm, because of passionate reason with higher frequency in the Metropolitan Region.

Keywords: Quality of life. Lethal and Intentional Violent Crimes (CVLI). Victimized women.