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Paola Adanari Ortega-Ceballos, RN, MSc¹, Juan Carlos Díaz-Montiel, Nutr cMSc¹, Jyoti Mudgal, Dr², Leonor Rivera-Rivera, MD, MSc³, and Jorge Salmerón, MD MSc DSc¹. (1) Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Cuernavaca, Morelos. México, Unidad de Investigación Epidemiológica y en Servicios de Salud., Av. Plan de Ayala esq. Calle Central s/n, Col. Chapultepec. CP 62450, Cuernavaca, Morelos. México, 62450, Mexico, (52) 7773162944, portega79@yahoo.com.mx, (2) Unidad de Investigación Epidemiologica y en Servicios de Salud, Instituto Mexicano Seguro Social, Ave. Plan de Ayala esq. Calle Central, Col.Chapultepec, Cuernavaca,Morelos, 62450, Mexico, (3) Centro de Investigaciones en Salud Poblacional, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Avenida Universidad No. 655, Col. Santa Maria Ahuacatitlan, Cuernavaca, Morelos, 62508, Mexico

Background Violence against women is a social problem, that demands public policies with specific obligations for the institutions, including those pertaining to health. WHO defines domestic violence as “the range of sexually, psychologically and physically coercive acts used against adult and adolescent women by her partners”. Investigations document that violenced women show greater predisposition to medical system usage, have more frequent emergency room visit, suffer from alcoholism and pharmacodependency, have high levels of depression and try to commit suicide, and require psychiatric treatment. Several studies show different statistics for incidence of violence against women; nevertheless, all agree that these women demand medical attention of repeated form. Objectives/Methods In this study we analized the prevalence and association of violence with depression and look at its associated risk factors, in a sample of 2,572 women workers participating in the “Mexican Institute of Social Security health workers cohort study” project. Information about violence history for last year and several factors was obtained through a self-administered questionnaire. An index of violence its generated and tertiles are derived from this index. Odds ratio and cofidence intervals are estimated. Results The depression index is associated with the violence index in the last year. Compared with women who did not experience violence, the women with violence presented high risks of depression OR=1.28 (0.71-2.33); OR=2.89(1.73-4.82); OR=4.61 (2.86-7.44), in the first, second, and third tertiles respectively. The prevalence was 42.2% and 13.5% for violence and depression respectively.

Learning Objectives:

• Doctors will be able to highlight risk factors for drepression and violence and identify goupr of women vulnerable to these problems

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.

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