Prevalencia de lesiones maxilofaciales en mujeres que han sufrido maltrato físico reportado en la casa de justicia de Floridablanca (Santander) desde septiembre de 2013 a marzo 2015

Abstract

Objective: To determine the prevalence of maxillofacial injuries from physical abuse in women who have denounced it in the Justice House in Floridablanca from September 2013 to March 2015. Material and methods: A descriptive study was carried out with 258 periciles reports, which were filled out on the mentioned dates. Demographic variables of the expert reports, the offender characteristics, characteristic of lesions and the anatomic site of the attack were analyzed. All data was collected through an instrument that was created based on the parameters of technical regulations for a comprehensive approach to injuries in forensic clinic by National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences. Frequencies and proportions were calculated for qualitative variable and measures of central tendency and dispersions for quantitative variables. A bivariate analysis was performed with some variables for people with and without maxillofacial injuries; for this purpose, the chi-square test or Fisher exact test was used as appropriate. A value p <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: The ratio was 2.8 femininity physically abused women for every man. The prevalence of maxillofacial injuries was 55.4% taking into consideration 157 expert reports that physical abuse occurred in women aged 18 years or older. In 81 (93.1%) reports, the attacker was known and 47 (58%) of this was the husband. Conclusions: The prevalence of maxillofacial injuries in women who made the denouncement at the house of justice was 33.7% reviewing all expert reports for the period already established.