Sexual assault cases at a tertiary referral hospital in urban Ethiopia: One-year retrospective review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Sexual assault is an important health and social problem affecting young girls. The aim of the study is therefore to do a one-year retrospective review of documents of alleged sexual assaults managed at Saint Paulo's Hospital Millennium Medical College (SPHMMC) to determine survivors' characteristics, circumstances of the assault, and treatment offered.

Methods

This is a hospital-based one-year retrospective review of alleged sexual assault cases. The case records of survivors were retrieved, reviewed and information extracted analyzed using SPSS version 17. Characteristics of victims of the sexual assault, clinical presentation, and management provided were described by frequency and percentage distribution.

Result

A total of 170 cases of alleged sexual

SUBMITTER: Tolu LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7717520 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature