[Quality of life and depression in women abused by their partners].

Objective: To evaluate quality of life and depression among women who suffer domestic violence and to describe the socioeconomic profile of women who were abused by their partners and aspects of these abuses.

Methods: The study sample comprised 100 women who were abused by their partners and filed a complaint at the Police Office for Women of the state of Ceara, Brazil. Three questionnaires were applied: one for collecting demographic and violence data; the second one (GHQ-28) one to evaluate general quality of life; and the third one (Beck) to quantify depression.