Factores asociados a la depresión en víctimas de violencia de pareja íntima.

Abstract

Introduction: Intimate partner violence is a public health problem with devastating consequences. Objective: Identify the factors associated with depression in victims of intimate partner violence. Methodology: In the methodology, a descriptive, observational, cross-sectional, and quantitative study was carried out. The information was collected through surveys directly from victims of intimate partner violence. Results: Victims aged 18 to 39 years, female, married, have children and use tobacco, experienced severe depression. Likewise, it was found that reports of intimate partner violence came mainly from the female gender (81.6%), followed by the male gender (18.4%) and were concentrated in urban areas, particularly in the Guayaquil canton (55.6%). Conclusion: This study highlights the complexity of the relationship between intimate partner violence and depression, where multiple factors, including marital status and severity of violence, influence victims' mental health. These findings highlight the need to address this problem from a multidimensional perspective, adapting preventive and therapeutic interventions to the specific characteristics of the victims and their sociocultural context.