[Mistreatment: detection of mistreatment in a sample feminine population]. / Malos tratos. Detección en una muestra de población femenina.

The authors identify possible psychological mistreatment and symptoms of anxiety and depression in a sample of women who were attended to in the "Sant Josep" Primary Health Care Center in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat in Barcelona Province between February and June 2005 by means of an observational, descriptive and transversal study with a consecutive study of women older than 18 who were attended to by nurses for whatever health problem they had or who filed administrative paperwork. Data was obtained through the use of a self-administering questionnaire on which these items were recorded: social-health variables, symptoms of anxiety and depression, and questions elaborated ad hoc in order to identify mistreatment. More than half of the study participants complied with the criteria used to indicate symptoms of anxiety and depression, which recommended a follow-up session. The authors observed an association between depression and mistreatment. Part of the results of this study were presented in The 1st World Congress on Gender-Specific Medicine in February 2006 in Berlin. Financial Sources: The School of Nursing at the University of Barcelona (PREU12004/10) and the Catalan Institute for Women (U-39/05).

Malos tratos. Detección en una muestra de población femenina / Mistreatment detection of mistreatment in a sample feminine population

Se identifica el posible maltrato psicológico y los síntomas de ansiedad y depresión en una muestra de mujeres que acudieron al Área Básica de Salud «Sant Josep» (L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona), entre febrero y junio de 2005, mediante un estudio observacional, descriptivo y transversal con una muestra consecutiva de mujeres mayores de 18 años, que acudían a la enfermera por cualquier problema de salud o trámite administrativo. La información se obtuvo a través de un cuestionario autoadministrado, donde se registraron: variables socio-sanitarias, síntomas de ansiedad y depresión y preguntas elaboradas ad hoc para identificar malos tratos. Cumplieron los criterios de ansiedad y depresión más de la mitad de las participantes, lo que hace recomendable su seguimiento. Se observó asociación entre la depresión y los malos tratos. Parte de los resultados de este estudio se presentaron en The 1st World Congres on Gender-Specific Medicine (Febrero, 2006. Berlín). Fuentes de financiación: Escuela de Enfermería (Universidad de Barcelona) (PREUI2004/10) y del Institut Català de les Dones (U-39/05)

The authors identify possible psychological mistreatment and symptoms of anxiety and depression in a sample of women who were attended to in the "Sant Josep" Primary Health Care Center in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat in Barcelona Province between February and June 2005 by means of an observational, descriptive and transversal study with a consecutive study of women older than 18 who were attended to by nurses for whatever health problem they had or who filed administrative paperwork. Data was obtained through the use of a self-administering questionnaire on which these items were recorded: social-health variables, symptoms of anxiety and depression, and questions elaborated ad hoc in order to identify mistreatment. More than half of the study participants complied with the criteria used to indicate symptoms of anxiety and depression, which recommended a follow-up session. The authors observed an association between depression and mistreatment. Part of the results of this study were presented in The 1st World Congress on Gender-Specific Medicine in February 2006 in Berlin. Financial Sources: The School of Nursing at the University of Barcelona (PREU12004/10) and the Catalan Institute for Women (U-39/05)