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Thamiris Gomes Smania1, Ana Maria Pita Ruiz1, Carlos Alberto Dos Santos Treichel2
1Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas. R. Albert Sabin s/nº, Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz. 13083-894 Campinas SP Brasil. thamiris.smaniag@gmail.com.
Abstract:
The study aimed to verify the association between intimate partner violence (IPV) and suicide among women living in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil in 2019. This is a population-based case-control study that used information from the Death Certificate and the semi-structured verbal autopsy questionnaire. Adjusted multiple logistic regression was performed to verify the differences. Of the 19 cases, the majority were white/yellow women (57,89%), with an average age of 38,69 years, without a partner (57,89%), not working (68,42%), with a higher prevalence of IPV (68,42%), recreational alcohol use (42,10%) and living in regions with a lower Municipal Human Development Index (MHDI = 0,7704). Risk factors for female suicide were having suffered IPV; recreational use and problematic use of alcohol; prescribed use and problematic use of antidepressants. On the other hand, having a job, being older and having a higher MHDI were protective factors. This study sheds light on the association between IPV and female suicides, highlighting the importance of health services joining forces to reduce both phenomena.
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