Trauma de face e violência contra a mulher em Ponta Grossa - PR: Características e fatores de risco (2016-2020)

Abstract

Facial trauma is one of the most significant injuries that an individual can suffer as it has emotional and aesthetic consequences. The etiologies involved in facial trauma are multiple, and when considering female patients, we can add violence against women among them. Violence against women is a social and public health problem that overcomes social, cultural, socioeconomic and age barriers, causing physical and psychological changes in victims. Objective: the objective of this study was to obtain data related to facial trauma of hospitalized women, discovering the profile of patients, the main characteristics of the trauma and treatment instituted, as well as evaluating the etiologies involved, observing if there was presence of aggression and domestic violence. amongst them. Methodology: A retrospective study was carried out with analysis of the medical records of patients hospitalized at the Hospital Universitário Regional dos Campos Gerais with facial trauma from 2016 to 2020. After data collection, statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS program (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences). Results: the most present age group were women aged 31-60 years (49.21%), single (58.73%) and white (90.48%). The most common etiology was car accidents (31.75%). The most fractured bone was the Nose (41.27%) and the most performed treatments for correction of facial fractures were Surgical (46.03%). There was statistical significance between the etiology and the type of treatment that the patient needed, with victims of car accidents requiring more surgical treatments and victims of falls requiring more conservative treatment. Domestic violence appears as an important etiology within this context and when added to cases of aggression, there is a percentage of 34.92% of facial trauma caused by some type of violence against women. Conclusion: Thus, violence against women is observed as an important factor among the etiologies of facial trauma, which needs more attention so that preventive measures can be taken to reduce these rates.