A review of child sexual abuse cases presenting to a paediatric emergency department
Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
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: 527-535, 2021.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-887528
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION@#Child sexual abuse (CSA) adversely affects a child's growth and well-being. This study aimed to describe the profile of children presenting to a tertiary paediatric emergency department(ED) with CSA.@*METHODS@#Children 0-16 years old presenting to KK Women's and Children's Hospital ED from June 2016 to August 2020 with sexual abuse were retrospectively reviewed. We performed a secondary analysis on girls and stratified them by age <13 and ≥13 years old.@*RESULTS@#There were 790 patients who made 833 visits for CSA. Victims were predominantly girls (747, 94.8%) and perpetrators were predominantly men (763, 96.6%). The abuse first occurred before the age of 13 years in 315 victims (39.9%). For 468 (59.2%), more than one incident occurred before presentation. Compared to girls ≥13 years old, girls <13 years old were more frequently abused by a family member (47.7% versus 8.0%, @*CONCLUSION@#The findings highlight common characteristics of CSA cases, and can aid the future identification and protection of vulnerable children. The fact that most children presented after more than one incident suggests the need to more closely monitor and protect potentially at-risk children.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Parents
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Child Abuse, Sexual
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Child Abuse
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Retrospective Studies
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Emergency Service, Hospital
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Infant, Newborn
Language:
English
Journal:
Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
Year:
2021
Type:
Article
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