Evaluation of female gender violence prevalence during the pandemic: an Integrative review

The COVID-19 pandemic started in 2019 and caused various modifications in our social structure. Social isolation at home during the pandemic was an obligation that posed challenges, especially for women who often needed to live with their abusers. This review has the objective of profiling women abused within their household during the pandemic. Method: This study represents a qualitative approach, in the format of an integrative review of literature. The following search descriptors “Covid-19”, “SARS-CoV2”, “Women”, “violence”, and “domestic violence” were applied to the databases Medline, Lilacs, and Scielo for the search period of 2020 and 2021. The platform Rayyan was applied for research filtering. Results: The research returned 523 articles, of which 14 were included in the review. Among the selected articles, the main types of violence declared by participants were: physical assault, psychological abuse, and sexual abuse. Conclusion: the COVID-19 pandemic brought a significant increase in the number of reports for abuse, especially of psychological, physical and sexual origin. Nevertheless the specificities of the women involved and the facts inherent to their cases also contributed to domestic violence.