HEALTH SELF-PERCEPTION OF PRIMARY CARE USERS

Objective: To determine the self-rated health of primary care users and to verify the association with socioeconomic and clinical factors and experience of violence. Methods: epidemiological, analytical, cross-sectional study with 991 women in 26 Basic Units of Vitoria, Espirito Santo. Socioeconomic, clinical, health perception, and life-threatening experiences of intimate partner violence were used in data analysis. Poisson regression test for multivariate analysis was used to obtain the prevalence ratios, and the adjustment of variables was performed by the backward method, based on the hierarchical model. Results: women aged 40 years and over, non-white, with education of up to four years, evangelical and without paid work, more often perceive health negatively. Conclusions: socioeconomic, clinical and experience characteristics of intimate partner violence may contribute to negative perception of health.