ABSTRACT
Introduction and Aims: violence against women is a social problem that negatively affects other health priorities, such as maternal and child health and mental health. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of abuse and social factors affecting women who admitted to Shahid Fayazbakhsh Hospital in 2012
Materials and Methods: in this cross-sectional study that was carried out on 100 women who referred to Shahid Fayazbakhsh Hospital of Tehran in 2012, gathered data with questionnaire and interview, finally was analyzed by SPSS software
Results: the most common forms of abuse were verbal abuse, emotional, physical and social. Violence against women was much in older [P=0.01]. There was not significant relationship between education and violence [P=0.182, r=0.10]. The number of children and levels of violence in the family have not a significant correlation [P=0.524]. A significant relationship between income and violence against women was observed [P=0.003]
Conclusion: the results showed that many of women in this study were influenced by a variety of misconduct. With respect to factors that influence this problem seems increasing awareness and life skills training to women and girls to repel the couple abuse, can take steps to reduce this problem