Factores de riesgo asociados al maltrato infantil intrafamiliar en alumnos del Seminternado Roberto Rodríguez Sarmiento / Risk factors associated with family child abuse in schoolchildren from the Roberto Rodríguez Sarmiento day boarding school
Medisan
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13(5)sept.-oct. 2009. tab
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RESUMEN
Se realizó un estudio de tipo caso- control, basado en 50 menores que sufrieron cualquiera de las categorías de maltrato infantil, cometido por sus padres o cuidadores (casos), y 100 niños seleccionados mediante un muestreo aleatorio simple (controles), pertenecientes al seminternado Roberto Rodríguez Sarmiento del área de salud José Martí, de Santiago de Cuba, de enero a diciembre del 2007, para identificar aquellos factores relacionados con la aparición de violencia intrafamiliar en edades comprendidas entre 8 y 11 años. Se utilizaron como técnicas estadísticas la razón de productos cruzados y el intervalo de confianza. Las modalidades más frecuentes de maltrato infantil resultaron ser la violencia física y la psicológica, en infantes con factores favorecedores como el aprovechamiento académico deficiente y la hiperactividad, unidos a la baja per capita familiar y el divorcio; la madre fue la principal persona que maltrataba a sus hijos.
ABSTRACT
Case-control study was carried out in 50 children that suffered any of the categories of child abuse made by their parents or caretakers (cases), and 100 children selected by means of a simple random sampling (control) belonging to the Roberto Rodríguez Sarmiento day boarding school from the José Martí health area in Santiago de Cuba, from January to December, 2007, to identify those factors related to the occurrence of domestic violence in ages between 8 and 11 years. Odds ratio and interval of confidence were used as statistical techniques. The most frequent modalities of child abuse were physical and psychological violence in children with helping factors such as a deficiency in academic performance and hiperactiviy along with low family income and divorce. The mother was the main person that mistreated her childre.
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Main subject:
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
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Divorce
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Child Abuse
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Domestic Violence
Type of study:
Controlled clinical trial
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Etiology study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Child
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Humans
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Medisan
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2009
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Cuba
Institution/Affiliation country:
Instituto Superior de Ciencias Médicas/CU
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Policlínico DocenteJosé Martí Pérez/CU
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