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Sexual assault reporting: a retrospective study on care provided in gynaecology emergency care settings after sexual assault

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Titel: Sexual assault reporting: a retrospective study on care provided in gynaecology emergency care settings after sexual assault
Autoren: Cottler, Sara, Figueira Lourenco, Vera, Guillot, Cécilia Béatrice Carine, Poncet, Antoine, Musse, Fartuun, Imbaud, Romane, Mathevet, Patrice, Petignat, Patrick, Yaron, Michal, Fracasso, Tony, Abdulcadir, Jasmine
Quelle: ISSN: 1424-3997 ; Swiss medical weekly, vol. 155 (2025) 3913.
Publikationsjahr: 2025
Bestand: Université de Genève: Archive ouverte UNIGE
Schlagwörter: info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/614.1, info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/618, Humans, Retrospective Studies, Female, Sex Offenses / statistics & numerical data, Adult, Male, Emergency Service, Hospital / statistics & numerical data, Adolescent, Crime Victims / statistics & numerical data, Switzerland / epidemiology, Middle Aged, Aged, Young Adult, Gynecology / statistics & numerical data, 80 and over
Beschreibung: Objective: To assess the characteristics of all people reporting sexual assault at the obstetrics and gynaecology emergency departments of Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) and Lausanne University Hospitals (CHUV) between 2018 and 2021. Methods: Retrospective analysis of medicolegal reports for all people reporting sexual assault at the obstetrics and gynaecology emergency departments of HUG and CHUV between 2018 and 2021. Included: cisgender women, non-binary, queer persons, transgender men with a vulva and vagina and transgender women, regardless of sexual orientation, aged at least 14 years old. Excluded: Children and adolescents <14, cisgender men and trans men with a penis (who usually do not consult obstetrics and gynaecology emergency departments after a sexual assault) and recurrent patients with more than three sexual assaults reported at a participating centre within the study period (the first three assaults were included). During the study period, the two regional university hospitals used the same forensic sexual assault reporting forms, which allows a uniform description of the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients reporting sexual assault as well as the characteristic of patients reporting sexual assault as well as the characteristics of the sexual assault itself. Key findings: Of the 962 sexual assault records during the 48-month study, 740 were retained for the analysis. Median age of victims: 24 years (interquartile range: 19 to 33 years; range: 14 to 93 years). On weekend days, the number of assaults was twice as high as on weekdays (45% of all sexual assaults took place during the weekend, on either a Saturday or Sunday). During the summer, the monthly number of assaults was increased by half. The summer months had the highest number of consultations (34%). 58% of victims reported knowing their assaulter, 28% did not, and due to amnesia, 14% did not know whether they knew their attacker or not. 24% of the patients were unable to recall or specify which types of ...
Publikationsart: article in journal/newspaper
Sprache: English
Relation: info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/40811459; unige:189050
Verfügbarkeit: https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:189050
Rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Dokumentencode: edsbas.FA2FD597
Datenbank: BASE
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Abstract:Objective: To assess the characteristics of all people reporting sexual assault at the obstetrics and gynaecology emergency departments of Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) and Lausanne University Hospitals (CHUV) between 2018 and 2021. Methods: Retrospective analysis of medicolegal reports for all people reporting sexual assault at the obstetrics and gynaecology emergency departments of HUG and CHUV between 2018 and 2021. Included: cisgender women, non-binary, queer persons, transgender men with a vulva and vagina and transgender women, regardless of sexual orientation, aged at least 14 years old. Excluded: Children and adolescents <14, cisgender men and trans men with a penis (who usually do not consult obstetrics and gynaecology emergency departments after a sexual assault) and recurrent patients with more than three sexual assaults reported at a participating centre within the study period (the first three assaults were included). During the study period, the two regional university hospitals used the same forensic sexual assault reporting forms, which allows a uniform description of the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients reporting sexual assault as well as the characteristic of patients reporting sexual assault as well as the characteristics of the sexual assault itself. Key findings: Of the 962 sexual assault records during the 48-month study, 740 were retained for the analysis. Median age of victims: 24 years (interquartile range: 19 to 33 years; range: 14 to 93 years). On weekend days, the number of assaults was twice as high as on weekdays (45% of all sexual assaults took place during the weekend, on either a Saturday or Sunday). During the summer, the monthly number of assaults was increased by half. The summer months had the highest number of consultations (34%). 58% of victims reported knowing their assaulter, 28% did not, and due to amnesia, 14% did not know whether they knew their attacker or not. 24% of the patients were unable to recall or specify which types of ...