TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - Physical injury after sexual assault: findings of a large case series
JO  - American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
A1  - Sugar, N. F.
A1  - Fine, D. N.
A1  - Eckert, L. O.
SP  - 71
EP  - 76
VL  - 190
IS  - 1
N2  - OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to determine characteristics associated with physical injury in female sexual assault victims. STUDY DESIGN: All females who were 15 years or older presenting after sexual assault to an urban emergency department during a 34-month period underwent standardized evaluation. Analysis was performed by chi(2) and logistic regression. RESULTS: Of 819 women, 52% had general body and 20% had genital-anal trauma; 41% were without injury. General body trauma was independently associated with being hit or kicked (odds ratio [OR]=7.7, 95% CI, 5.1-11.7), attempted strangulation (OR=4.2, 95% CI, 2.5-7.2), oral or anal penetration (OR=1.7, 95% CI, 1.2-2.3), and stranger (OR=2.4, 95% CI, 1.7-3.4) assault. Genital-anal injury was more frequent in victims younger than 20 and older than 49 years (P<.05), in virgins (OR=2.7, 95% CI, 1.4-5.4) and those examined within 24 hours (OR=1.7, 95% CI, 1.2-2.4) and after anal assault (OR=1.7, 95% CI, 1.1-2.6). CONCLUSION: General body injury is primarily associated with situational factors, whereas genital-anal injury is less frequent and related to victim age, virginal status, and time to examination.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0002-9378
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -