@article{ref1,
title="Differences in incidence of (violent) traumatic events in the national registration systems, population surveys and studies from family practice; a review of literature",
journal="Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde",
year="1999",
author="Mol, S. S. and Dinant, G. J. and Metsemakers, J. F. and Knottnerus, J. A.",
volume="143",
number="25",
pages="1308-1314",
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.<p /><p>Language: nl</p>",
language="nl",
issn="0028-2162",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}