Description of sexual assaults treated in the emergency department of a referral hospital

作者：Grau Cano Jaume; Santina Vila Manuel; Rios Guillermo Jose; Cespedes Lacia Ferran; Martinez Galilea Begona

来源：Gaceta Sanitaria, 2011, 25(2): 166-169.

DOI：10.1016/j.gaceta.2010.12.008

• Sexual assault
• Emergency department
• Gender-based violence

Objective: To describe the factors related to adult sexual assaults attended in a referral hospital in the city of Barcelona (Spain).
Methods: We carried out an individual-based cross-sectional study of sexual assaults treated in the emergency department between 2005 and 2008.
Results: A total of 712 patients (95.5% female) were treated. The median age of assaulted women was 25 years. Complaints were made in 87.5% of cases and assaults were made by a single attacker in 84.5%. When the perpetrator was known, the profile of the victim (p <= 0.05) was as follows: the victim was assaulted at home (81.5%), the perpetrator acted alone (94.2%), the mechanism of aggression was penetration (89.3%) and the attack took place during the week (63.3%).
Conclusions: Analysis of sexual assaults allows for different risk groups to be established, which facilitates the development of specific protocols and guidelines for effective aid and full treatment.

• 出版日期2011-4