Assesment of violence scale with MVQ (Maudsley violence questionnaire) in patients admitted to hospital

The descriptive cross-sectional study was performed on the patients who were admitted to Dicle University Medical Faculty Hospitals between August 1, 2014 and February 1, 2015 and their relatives. The study included a total of 531 participants who were selected by using a stratified sampling based on age and gender.The 531 participants included 180 (33.9%) women and 351 (66.1%) men with a mean age of 32.5±9.6 years. Of the participants, 147 (27.7%) had eye-witnessed violence and (55.4%) 294 had been exposed to violence. Median tendency to violence (MAC) was 7.74 (range, 0-32) and median approval of violence (AOV) was 4.53 (range, 0-14). The men had higher scores in approval of violence and tendency to violence (p<0.001 for both). A significant correlation was found between exposure to physical violence and approval of violence (p<0.036). Low level of education (p<0.001), rural origin (p<0.038), and male gender established a significant correlation with tendency to violence and approval of violence.