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Background: Violence and spouse torment is considered as a great threat and concern for security of population particularly at susceptible groups such as women and children. This socio-hygienic problem causes many events in the world and is the main cause of injury among women in their active years of life. Violence against women and battering them has remained as a cruelty from past centuries and we can still see the aggravation of this social problem
Purpose: This descriptive study was conducted to determine the cause and location of injury in battered women, referring to forensic Medicine center
Method: 171 manned and unmarried women older than 16 years were selected by convenience sampling. A questionnaire was used to collect data
Results: %40.4 of battered women were between 26 and 35, %47.4 of them had high-school education, %5.8 were illiterate, %68.4 were housewires, and 1.2% were worker. %74.3 were married and %19.9 were single. %39.8 of strikers had high-school education and %3.5 were illiterate. Hands and feet [45.5%], spinal column [1.63%] and genital organs [1.635] were the locations of injury. Injuries were resulted from strikes by hands and legs [39.9%] and glass pieces [96%]
Conclusion: Battering causes many injuries in women along with different illnesses and disabilities 'in them. Consequently, this violent behavior can lead to physical and emotional problems in women and their children. Thus, it should be controlled and researches should study more about it