Eckert Linda O, Sugar Naomi F
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Jun;198(6):688.e1-7; discussion 688.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.03.021.
We performed this study to determine if sexual assault characteristics differ in women presenting for evaluation as women age.
All females 20 years or older presenting after sexual assault to an urban emergency department during a nine year period underwent standardized evaluation. Analysis was performed by chi(2).
We evaluated 2399 women: 1743 women 20-39 years, 554 women 40-55 years, and 102 women over 55 years of age. Compared with the other age groups, older women were more commonly assaulted in their own home (36%) or care facility (33%), P < .001, assaulted by a service provider (16.7%) or stranger (18.6%), P < .001, impaired (54.9%), P < .001, admitted to the hospital (15.7%), P < .001, incur genital trauma (35.6%), P = .04, and less likely to have a weapon used (7.8%), P = .003.
Sexual assault in older women has distinct characteristics, which may be useful in planning intervention and prevention strategies.
我们开展这项研究以确定随着女性年龄增长，性侵犯特征是否存在差异。
在九年期间，所有20岁及以上遭受性侵犯后前往城市急诊科就诊的女性均接受了标准化评估。采用卡方检验进行分析。
我们评估了2399名女性：1743名年龄在20 - 39岁之间，554名年龄在40 - 55岁之间，102名年龄超过55岁。与其他年龄组相比，老年女性在自己家中（36%）或护理机构（33%）遭受袭击的情况更为常见，P < .001；被服务提供者（16.7%）或陌生人（18.6%）袭击的情况更为常见，P < .001；存在身心损伤（54.9%）的情况更为常见，P < .001；住院（15.7%）的情况更为常见，P < .001；遭受生殖器创伤（35.6%）的情况更为常见，P = .04；而使用武器的可能性较小（7.8%），P = .003。
老年女性的性侵犯具有独特特征，这可能有助于制定干预和预防策略。
