Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Enugu State University of Technology, Enugu, Nigeria.
Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, Enugu State University of Technology, Enugu, Nigeria.
Pan Afr Med J. 2022 Mar 11;41:198. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2022.41.198.29454. eCollection 2022.
gender-based violence remains one of the most persistent human rights abuse in the world and with the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic and its attendant mitigating protocols; Gender-based violence (GBV) could be on the rise with changes in its pattern and presentation. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence and patterns of GBV among victims presenting in a tertiary health facility in South-East Nigeria during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.
this was a retrospective cross-sectional study, among 710 victims of GBV, who reported and received care at the GBV unit in a tertiary hospital in Enugu, South-east Nigeria. A pro forma designed by the researchers was used to collect secondary data from GBV facility screening forms and folders of all patients that reported any form of GBV over a 3-year period (2018 - 2020).
majority (89.9%) of victims of GBV were females and over a half (51.4%) of the cases were in the age group 20-39 years. In total, 56.8% of the GBV cases had been sexually abused. The pattern of GBV over the three years period under study revealed an increase in proportion for both sexual and physical/emotional violence, with a peak in 2019 and a reduction of cases in 2020. Persons below 19 years of age were 23 times more likely to experience sexual violence, than those between 40-59 years of age (AOR: 23.332; 95% CI: 11.037 -49.325) p<0.001. Males were 11 times more likely to experience physical/emotional violence than females (AOR: 11.136; 95% CI: 4.685-26.471) p<0.001. Age, gender, urban dwelling and year of occurrence were significant predictors of GBV.
GBV is a cause for concern in Enugu Nigeria; affecting mainly young female victims in their prime. There is an increase in reported cases of GBV in Enugu Nigeria with sexual abuse being more prevalent.
性别暴力仍然是世界上最持久的侵犯人权行为之一，随着 COVID-19 大流行的出现及其伴随的缓解协议；性别暴力（GBV）可能会随着其模式和表现的变化而上升。本研究旨在确定在 COVID-19 大流行第一阶段期间，在尼日利亚东南部一家三级医疗机构就诊的受害者中，GBV 的流行率和模式。
这是一项回顾性横断面研究，共有 710 名 GBV 受害者在尼日利亚东南部埃努古的一家三级医院的 GBV 病房报告并接受治疗。研究人员设计的表格用于从 GBV 设施筛查表和所有在三年期间（2018-2020 年）报告任何形式 GBV 的患者的文件夹中收集二级数据。
大多数（89.9%）GBV 受害者为女性，超过一半（51.4%）的病例年龄在 20-39 岁之间。在总共 56.8%的 GBV 病例中，受害者遭受过性虐待。在研究期间的三年中，GBV 的模式显示性暴力和身体/情感暴力的比例均有所增加，2019 年达到高峰，2020 年病例减少。年龄在 19 岁以下的人比年龄在 40-59 岁之间的人更有可能遭受性暴力，风险是后者的 23 倍（AOR：23.332；95%CI：11.037-49.325）p<0.001。与女性相比，男性遭受身体/情感暴力的可能性是后者的 11 倍（AOR：11.136；95%CI：4.685-26.471）p<0.001。年龄、性别、城市居住和发生年份是 GBV 的重要预测因素。
在尼日利亚埃努古，GBV 令人担忧；主要影响年轻的女性受害者。在尼日利亚埃努古，GBV 的报告病例有所增加，性虐待更为普遍。
