Sexual assault among pediatric patients in a tertiary hospital in South-East Nigeria: A two-year retrospective study

Daniyan, OlapejuWunmi; Anyanwu, OnyinyeUchenna; Ogbonna-Nwosu, C.; Ezeanosike, Obumneme; Ikegwuonu, Charles

doi:10.4103/njm.njm_26_21

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“…Rape(forced peno-vaginal sex) was the commonest form of sexual assault as reported by previous authors. 5,12 Other forms seen in this study were fondling, non-touch sexual exposure and use of objects in this case bottles and stick.…”

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Sexual Assault;Our experience at One Stop Shop for Women and Girls, National Obstetric Fistula Centre, Abakaliki , Ebonyi State. South East Nigeria: A retrospective study

Anyanwu¹

2022

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Sexual assault is a global health challenge. It refers to all forms of sexual contact or behavior that occurs without explicit consent of the victim. This was a retrospective review of cases of gender based violence (GBV) who presented at the one-stop-centre for females over a sixteen months period (Nov 2020-Feb 2022) from which cases of sexual assault was selected and studied(subjects). Prevalence of 66.3% was obtained for sexual assault out of a total of 86 GBV patients who presented in the study period. The mean age of subjects was 12.77+5.4(1-23years), Fifty (87.7%) were of the pediatrics age group and 7(12.3%) were adults. Fourty seven (82.5%) belonged to the low socioeconomic class while timely presentation (<72hours) occurred in only 14(24.6%). Rape was the commonest form of sexual assault 58(98.2%). The finding indicates a high prevalence of sexual assault. Concerted effort needs to be made to reduce its occurrence.

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“…2 Children and women are most vulnerable to various forms of sexual assault. 5 It is the most common form of gender based violence. 2,4 Studies in South East and Northern Nigeria showed that children constitute 74.4% and 61.8% of cases of sexual assault respectively, 6,7 and the perpetrator most times is known to the victim.…”

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Sexual Assault;Our experience at One Stop Shop for Women and Girls, National Obstetric Fistula Centre, Abakaliki , Ebonyi State. South East Nigeria: A retrospective study

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2022

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“…Mental health disruptions also occur and such clients may present with depression, anxiety, poor school performance, night terrors and suicide. [8][9][10][11] There are few reported studies on the clinical presentations of GBV especially in Nigeria. It is on this background that the author has set out to describe common clinical presentations of GBV as seen in a tertiary centre in South East Nigeria.…”

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Common Clinical Presentations of GBV Survivors Seen Between 2020-2022 at a GBV Clinic in a Tertiary Care Referral Facility in South East Nigeria

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Anyanwu

2022

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Background Gender based violence (GBV) refers to any violence targeted at an individual or group on the basis of their gender. It could occur in different forms with several clinical manifestations. The authors have described several clinical manifestations of GBV in a tertiary health centre, knowledge of which would help in case identification and early clinical management. Methods Retrospective descriptive study of all clients seen at a gbv clinic over a sixteen months period.Data was obtained from case records and clinical presentations were entered into excel. Data analysis was done usingIBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, version 25. The results were presented in frequency tables and graphs Results Of 86 clients studied, 56(65.1%) were of pediatric age (< 18years) while 30(34.9%) were adults with a mean age of 18.33+11.64(range 1-64years).72(82.6%) belonged to the low social class. Physical abuse in the forms of battering, human bite, walking and sitting disturbances, hearing loss possibly from slapping or hitting and red eye possibly from trauma on the eye, constituted 37.6% of the clinical presentations. Other presentations were; sexual abuse in the form of forced sex which constituted 34.9%, while gynaecological / obstetrics presentations in the forms of bleeding per vagina, pregnancy due to forced sex and vaginal pain made up 13.9%. Emotional/psychological abuse was observed in all clients irrespective of their different presenting complaints. Conclusion While various forms of physical abuse were common, emotional abuse was present in all clients but masked probably due to prioritization of physical injuries. Therefore we recommend that all GBV survivors be screened for psycholocal abuse and psychotherapy given.

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Sexual assault among pediatric patients in a tertiary hospital in South-East Nigeria: A two-year retrospective study

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Sexual Assault;Our experience at One Stop Shop for Women and Girls, National Obstetric Fistula Centre, Abakaliki , Ebonyi State. South East Nigeria: A retrospective study

Sexual Assault;Our experience at One Stop Shop for Women and Girls, National Obstetric Fistula Centre, Abakaliki , Ebonyi State. South East Nigeria: A retrospective study

Common Clinical Presentations of GBV Survivors Seen Between 2020-2022 at a GBV Clinic in a Tertiary Care Referral Facility in South East Nigeria

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