


Volume 20 No 17 (2022)
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Assessment Of Physical Injuries In Survivors Of Sexual Assault: A Retrospective Study
Haricharan A, Kh. Pradipkumar Singh, Th. Meera Devi, Wahengbam Upendra, Lourembam Frieny, Konda Kalyan Kumar
Abstract
Objective: This study was undertaken to determine characteristics associated with physical injury in female sexual assault survivors .
Study design: All females who were 5 years or older presenting after sexual assault to a tertiary hospital teaching institute during a 6 years period underwent standardized evaluation. Analysis were performed by appropriate statistical test viz. Chi-square test, Descriptive statistics like the mean used for a sociodemographic variable like age, sex, education etc. a p-value of 0.05 or less was considered significant.
Result : Out of 250 sexual assault survivors the general body injury was found among (50.8%) of victims and no injuries among (49.2%.) of the survivors. Bruises and abrasions were the most common injuries. Anogenital injuries were noted in 66% of the survivors. Most incidents of sexual assault took place at victims' homes (38.8%). Intimate partners (30%) of the survivors were the perpetrators. Use of intoxicants, mostly alcohol and seen in 16% of the cases. Resistance to sexual assaults was given by 44% of victims, who were conscious and healthy and no resistance was given by the remaining (56%) of victims, the majority of whom were children and survivors under the influence of intoxicants or unconscious.
Keywords
Sexual assault, survivors, physical injuries
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