Citation

Mol SS, Dinant GJ, Metsemakers JF, Knottnerus JA. Ned. Tijdschr. Geneeskd. 1999; 143(25): 1308-1314.

Vernacular Title

Incidentieverschillen van (gewelddadige) ingrijpende gebeurtenissen in landelijke

Affiliation

Universiteit Maastricht.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Erven Bohn)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10416485

Abstract

OBJECT: Comparison of (cumulative) incidences of traumatic events from population surveys and registration systems as well as from studies in general practice. DESIGN: Literature study. METHOD: Literature searches were done about the frequencies of accidents, sudden death, physical and sexual abuse listed in electronic databases and relevant catalogs covering 1986-1998, after which more references were searched via the references found, going back to 1984. RESULTS: There were large discrepancies between frequencies found in the several studies, such as national registration systems (n = 4), surveys in the open population (n = 10) and studies in general practice (n = 4). The incidence (per 1000 persons per year) of physical abuse were 66, 2.7 and 1-3 for surveys in the open population, police and general practitioners' registration systems respectively. For sexual abuse the figures were 21, 0.025 and 0.2-2.9 respectively. Different definitions and methods were used in the studies. CONCLUSION: General practitioners are aware of only a fraction of what their patients experience.

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