Assessment of mental health and stress biomarker in women victims of violence
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https://doi.org/10.21270/archi.v13i1.6064Keywords:
Violence against Women, Hydrocortisone, Stress, Psychological, DepressionAbstract
Objective: To investigate the levels of depression and stress and the relationship between these variables and the concentration of salivary cortisol, a stress biomarker, in women victims of violence. Methodology: This is a cross-sectional, quantitative, descriptive and associative study carried out in 2018, with 146 women, living in a medium-sized municipality in the state of São Paulo, divided into two groups: control group - composed of 66 women who have not suffered violence; and victims of violence group - composed of 80 women victims of violence, assisted at the Police Station for Assistance to Women. Data were collected through interviews, using the Beck Depression Inventory and the Post-Traumatic Stress Scale. Saliva samples were collected for analysis of salivary cortisol concentration, using the ELISA method. Result: There was an association (p<0.05) between the experience of violence and the presence of symptoms of depression and stress. About 90% of women in the control group did not have symptoms of depression, while most women victims of violence had mild to severe levels of depression. None of the women in the control group had a condition of post-traumatic stress, while more than 95% of women victims of violence had the condition. Salivary cortisol concentration was higher (p<0.05) in women victims of violence compared to the control group. Conclusion: Victims of violence had severe damage to their mental health, with high levels of depression and stress, associated with higher concentrations of salivary cortisol.
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