Muita J W, Nduati R W
Unit of Applied Human Nutrition, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Science, University of Nairobi.
East Afr Med J. 1990 Dec;67(12):900-6.
Thirty children presenting with Battered Baby Syndrome over a five year period were studied retrospectively. The male:female ratio was 1:1.1. The majority (60%) were aged 0-11 months. 14 children (46%) were abandoned while six (20%) had multiple fractures, six (20%) multiple bruises and bites, and four (13.3%) had other forms of abuse. Twelve (40%) children were malnourished while eight of the babies (26.6%) were small for gestational age. Children were most frequently brought to hospital by the police or their mothers. The children were most frequently abused by their mothers either through abandonment or through physical battering. Details of mothers of the 14 abandoned children were unknown. Among the mothers of the other children, nine mothers were single, seven married and living with spouses and one stepmother. Two children (6.6%) died while the fate of two others was not known. Three children were sent home without intervention of the social worker, while twenty three children were discharged following intervention of the social worker; fourteen sent home, nine to a childrens' home and one through the juvenile court.
对五年间出现受虐儿童综合征的30名儿童进行了回顾性研究。男女比例为1:1.1。大多数（60%）年龄在0至11个月之间。14名儿童（46%）被遗弃，6名（20%）有多处骨折，6名（20%）有多处瘀伤和咬伤，4名（13.3%）有其他形式的虐待。12名（40%）儿童营养不良，8名婴儿（26.6%）小于胎龄。儿童最常由警方或其母亲送往医院。儿童最常受到母亲的虐待，要么是被遗弃，要么是遭受身体殴打。14名被遗弃儿童的母亲详情不明。在其他儿童的母亲中，9名母亲单身，7名已婚并与配偶同住，1名是继母。2名儿童（6.6%）死亡，另有2名儿童下落不明。3名儿童未经社会工作者干预就被送回家，23名儿童在社会工作者干预后出院；14名被送回家，9名被送往儿童之家，1名通过少年法庭处理。
