Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Escola Paulista de Medicina. Departamento de Pediatria. São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Escola Paulista de Medicina. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva. São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Rev Saude Publica. 2020 Dec 14;54:134. doi: 10.11606/s1518-8787.2020054002576. eCollection 2020.
This study aims to investigate the prevalence of adolescents and young adults who were victims of sexual violence at some point in their lives and to compare the presence of depressive and anxious symptoms, quality of life, and use of alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drugs among this population and those who were not abused.
Validated questionnaires and instruments were applied in a group of university students to assess: sexual profile and behavior, socioeconomic status, presence or not of sexual violence (Questionnaire on Exposure to Traumatizing Events), depressive (Beck Depression Inventory) and anxious symptoms (Beck Anxiety Inventory), quality of life (World Health Organization's Quality of Life Assessment) and the use or abuse of tobacco, alcohol, and illegal drugs (Smoking, Alcohol, and Substance Involvement Screening Test).
Out of the 858 students who participated, 71 (8.3%) were victims of sexual violence, 52 girls (73.2%). In the victims of violence group there were more students who already had the first sexual intercourse (p = 0.029), students who already had become pregnant (p = 0.001), students with higher scores for depressive (p < 0.001) and anxious symptoms (p = 0.001), students with worse quality of life (p < 0.001), and who used more tobacco (p = 0.008) and marijuana (p = 0.025) as well as abused hypnotics or sedatives (p = 0.048) than in the non-victim group.
The abuses are presented in several forms and affect, even in long term, the survivors' life. The sexual violence theme should be addressed and widely discussed in all spheres of society in order to mobilize, to sensitize, and provide society with knowledge, demystifying this subject and drawing attention to this important social issue.
本研究旨在调查青少年和青年在其一生中遭受性暴力的发生率，并比较该人群与未受虐待人群之间存在的抑郁和焦虑症状、生活质量以及使用酒精、烟草和非法药物的情况。
在一组大学生中应用了经过验证的问卷和工具，以评估：性特征和行为、社会经济地位、是否存在性暴力（创伤事件暴露问卷）、抑郁（贝克抑郁量表）和焦虑症状（贝克焦虑量表）、生活质量（世界卫生组织生活质量评估）以及烟草、酒精和非法药物的使用或滥用（吸烟、酒精和物质使用情况筛查测试）。
在参与的 858 名学生中，有 71 名（8.3%）是性暴力的受害者，其中 52 名是女孩（73.2%）。在暴力受害者组中，有更多的学生已经发生了第一次性行为（p=0.029），已经怀孕的学生（p=0.001），抑郁症状得分更高的学生（p<0.001）和焦虑症状（p=0.001），生活质量更差的学生（p<0.001），以及更多使用烟草（p=0.008）和大麻（p=0.025）以及滥用催眠药或镇静剂（p=0.048）的学生。
滥用行为以多种形式出现，并在长期内影响幸存者的生活。应该在社会的各个领域讨论性暴力问题，以动员、提高认识，并向社会提供知识，消除对此问题的神秘感，并引起对这一重要社会问题的关注。
