Violência sexual contra a mulher: estudo no Núcleo de Medicina e Odontologia Legal (NUMOL) do município de Campina Grande/PB

Abstract

Objective: To characterize the sexual violence carried out against women treated at the Center for Legal Medicine and Dentistry - NUMOL in Campina Grande/PB. Methodology: This was a cross-sectional descriptive and analytical study that used secondary data. It analyzed reports of carnal intercourse (suspected cases of rape N =886) that were registered at NUMOL between January 2005 and December 2009. The 295 confirmed cases of rape were allocated according to the age of the victim. The instrument of data collection was a specific form, drawn up from information in the report of carnal knowledge. The dependent variable was the rape (yes or no) and the others were considered independent. The database and statistical analysis were carried out using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences). The data were presented using descriptive statistics (mean, range, standard deviation, and frequencies). The study used the Chi-square or Fisher's exact test, PR - prevalence ratio and ANOVA. The significance used was 0.05 with a 95% confidence level. Results: The frequence of rape was 33.29%. There was association between the confirmation of the rape and marital status (p = 0.009), relationship with the perpetrator (p = 0.01) and violence during rape (p = 0.000). The victims were mostly adolescents (87.50%), unmarried (87.10%) with incomplete primary education (34.90%), residing in urban areas (50.20 %), born in other municipalities (54.90%) and students (70.50%). The perpetrators varied from adolescents to adults with a mean age of 27.46 years, the majority were acquaintances of the victims (84.06%), but had no blood ties (other acquaintances) (52.82%). There was a predominance of a single perpetrator (82%). Most assaults occurred in public places (13.40%) in the morning (6.10%), with estimated lapse time of more than 20 days between the violence and the report (67.50%). Some form of violence was employed during practice (38%). Presumed violence (34.82%) and physical force (23.23%) were the most prevalent types of violence. The most frequent type of presumed violence was inocencia consilli (60.70%). No lesions were found elsewhere on the body in the majority of cases (94.60%). Conclusions: The frequence of rape is high, and the victims are mostly young, single and with low schooling. The perpetrators are acquaintances of the victims.