Nelson D E, Higginson G K, Grant-Worley J A
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, Md, USA.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1995 Nov;149(11):1254-8. doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1995.02170240072011.
To better understand the epidemiology of physical abuse among adolescents.
School-based survey of students in grades 9 through 12.
Twenty-five schools throughout Oregon in 1993.
Prevalence of ever being physically abused, prevalence of most recent occurrence of physical abuse, and correlation of physical abuse with high-risk health behaviors.
Of the 1957 respondents, 31.5% reported having ever been physically abused, with female subjects (34.6%) more likely than male subjects (28.0%) to have ever been abused. Overall, 3.7% of students had been physically abused in the past week, 7.8% in the past month, and 16.3% in the past year. Based on multivariate models, students physically abused in the past year were more likely than students who had never been physically abused to engage in a variety of high-risk behaviors; these included weapon carrying (odds ratio, 1.9), suicidal ideation (odds ratio, 2.1), cigarette smoking (odds ratio, 1.8), cocaine use (odds ratio, 3.2), or multiple sexual partners (odds ratio, 1.9).
Physical abuse, an important problem among high school students, is correlated with many high-risk behaviors. Using consistent definitions, periodic surveys of children about physical abuse and other types of violent behavior are needed to provide better estimates of the extent of these problems.
更好地了解青少年身体虐待的流行病学情况。
对9至12年级学生进行的基于学校的调查。
1993年俄勒冈州的25所学校。
曾遭受身体虐待的患病率、最近一次身体虐待的患病率，以及身体虐待与高风险健康行为的相关性。
在1957名受访者中，31.5%报告曾遭受身体虐待，女性受试者（34.6%）比男性受试者（28.0%）更有可能曾遭受虐待。总体而言，3.7%的学生在过去一周内遭受过身体虐待，7.8%在过去一个月内，16.3%在过去一年内。基于多变量模型，过去一年遭受身体虐待的学生比从未遭受过身体虐待的学生更有可能从事各种高风险行为；这些行为包括携带武器（优势比，1.9）、有自杀意念（优势比，2.1）、吸烟（优势比，1.8）、使用可卡因（优势比，3.2）或有多个性伴侣（优势比，1.9）。
身体虐待是高中生中的一个重要问题，与许多高风险行为相关。需要使用一致的定义，定期对儿童进行关于身体虐待和其他类型暴力行为的调查，以更好地估计这些问题的严重程度。
