CHARACTERIZATION OF WOMEN BATTERED IN A URBAN ZONE LOCATED IN A REGION OF THE BORDER

Doi: 10.5902/2179769211042 Aim: to know the profile of battered women in a west border region of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Method: quantitative descriptive research, developed in Emergency Care, with 68 victims in the period January to June, 2013. The collection was through the records of the Outpatient chips, analyzed by the Statistical Package for Social Sciences. Results: the most prevalent age was between 20 and 29 years, most of the records were not in the offending agent, followed by the spouse. The reasons were the attendance of physical aggression. Among morbidities sharp injuries stood out, followed by a referral to intensive therapy and one death. Conclusions: we emphasize the importance of improving the search for cases of violence against women, customer service network, pay attention to the realization of the records and point out the incipience of studies in frontier areas.