Main manifestations of the intra familial violence in elder patients, as a risk fact to preserve health. Faustino Pérez Hernández University's Hospital. June 2008-June 2009

Abstract

We carried out a descriptive longitudinal study, in the Teaching Clinic Surgical Hospital Comandante Faustino Pérez, of the province of Matanzas, in the period from June 2008 to June 2009, on the behavior of intra familial violence in elder patients, entering the services of Geriatrics, Internal Medicine and Urology for health reasons. The general objective of this study was diagnosing the main characteristics and manifestations of the intra familial violence. The sample was formed by 50 patients, fulfilling the selection criteria that are, being elder patients entering the before-mentioned services because of different somatic alterations, and giving their verbal and written consent to participate in the investigation. The sample selection criteria answered the objective of the study and the characteristics of the investigation. We used the non probabilistic method intentionally, based on the willfulness, confidentiality and anonymity, because of the special characteristics of the subjects of the study. Currently, the intra familial violence is a serious social and health problem, because its sequels affect the physical and psychological health of the people, being children, women and elder people the most vulnerable social groups. That was the reason of this research, showing the magnitude of this problem and its social repercussion, and also the disturbances it causes in human health. The method used to collect the information was a questionnaire validated by other authors. The results demonstrated that all the studied patients showed manifestations of intra familial violence, and that its consequences have influence on their physical and psychological health. The conclusions were based in the form violence takes, with a predominance of the psychological one. Besides that, it was stated the necessity of developing diagnostic studies on this problem among this vulnerable group, to prevent and adequately attend this phenomena when it is discovered.