Increased cortisol response and low quality of life in women exposed to intimate partner violence with severe anxiety and depression

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dc.contributor.affiliationClínica de Género y Sexualidad, Dirección de Servicios Clínicos, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Ciudad de México, México
dc.contributor.emailalcm@imp.edu.mx (Ana Lilia Cerda-Molina)
dc.creatorCerda-De la O, Beatrizes_ES
dc.creatorCerda-Molina, Ana Liliaes_ES
dc.creatorMayagoitia-Novales, Lilianes_ES
dc.creatorCruz-López, Margarita de laes_ES
dc.creatorBiagini-Alarcón, Marcelaes_ES
dc.creatorHernández-Zúñiga, Erika Luciaes_ES
dc.creatorBorráz-León, Javier I.es_ES
dc.creatorWhaley-Sánchez, Jesús Alfredoes_ES
dc.date2022
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-11T17:30:00Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-27T15:30:49Z
dc.date.available2024-12-11T17:30:00Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.date.published2022
dc.descriptionBackground: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is one of the most prevalent forms of violence against women globally and it is considered a public health problem. Because the experience of IPV is stressful and traumatic for victims, they are at high risk of developing alteration of the Hypothalamus–Pituitary–Adrenal (HPA) axis functioning as well as anxiety and depression symptoms. The aim of this study was to compare the quality of life and changes in cortisol response to an acute stressor between women exposed to IPV and non-exposed women. Differences according to symptoms of anxiety and depression including the risk of suicide thoughts, were also analyzed. Method: Our sample size consisted of 130 women (ages 18–68) grouped as follows: 71 women experiencing IPV and 59 women without history of IPV as control group. All participants completed a battery of questionnaires including IPV exposure, anxiety, and depression symptoms (Beck Inventories), as well as quality of life (WHOQOL-BREF). Salivary cortisol levels in response to a cognitive test with verbal, mathematical, and abstract reasoning were measured at four time points. Results: Women exposed to IPV, with severe anxiety and depression symptoms as well as suicide thoughts, exhibited heightened cortisol response after the cognitive test and reported lower quality of life compared to (i) women experiencing IPV with moderate symptoms of anxiety and depression, who showed a blunted response, and (ii) women without history of IPV with minimal to moderate symptoms, who showed a decreased cortisol profile. Social relationships dimension was in particular the most affected aspect of quality of life. Conclusions: Our findings highlight the role of cortisol responses as a complementary biological marker to be associated with severe psychiatric disturbances in women exposed to IPV.es_ES
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dc.identifierJC10NC22es_ES
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fpsyt.2022.898017
dc.identifier.eissn1664-0640
dc.identifier.organizacionInstituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz
dc.identifier.placeSuiza
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.898017
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.inprf.gob.mx/handle/123456789/8150
dc.language.isoenges_ES
dc.publisherFrontiers Research Foundationes_ES
dc.relation13:898017
dc.relation.jnabreviadoFRONT PSYCHIATRY
dc.relation.journalFrontiers in Psychiatry
dc.rightsAcceso Cerradoes_ES
dc.subject.kwIntimate partner violence
dc.subject.kwCortisol response
dc.subject.kwAnxiety
dc.subject.kwDepression
dc.subject.kwQuality of life
dc.subject.kwSuicide thoughts
dc.titleIncreased cortisol response and low quality of life in women exposed to intimate partner violence with severe anxiety and depressiones_ES
dc.typeArtículoes_ES

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