Background:

Violence against women is an infringement of their human rights and a serious public health problem; is considered the most common type of aggression, affecting 30% of women worldwide.

Objective:

To determine the correlation between emotional dependence and intimate partner violence in women patients at the first level of care.

Material and methods:

Correlational observational study which included women between 20 and 50 years of age, with a relationship of more than 6 months; the emotional dependence questionnaire (CDE) was applied, as well as the Ortega-Ceballos survey, both with a Cronbach's alpha reliability index of 0.91 and 0.95 respectively; Pearson’s Chi Square and Spearman’s Rho correlation were determined.

Results:

Of 76 patients, those aged 30 years or more (61.8%) predominated, of which we obtained psychological violence 15.8%, followed by physical violence 2.6% and sexual violence 1.3%, associated with emotional dependence with a p = 0.0001, and positive correlation with Rho Spearman’s 0.67.

Conclusions:

There is a high correlation between emotional dependence and partner violence in women, and it is confirmed that the former behaves as a risk factor for violence.

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