Increased attendance rates and altered characteristics of sexual violence

Abstract

The findings point towards an increase in women's visits to specialized emergency services for rape victims, particularly in the age group 18-25 years. The increased role of multiple perpetrators, alcohol and illicit drugs in sexual violence calls for further attention.

Sexual assault: a descriptive study of 2500 female victims over a 10‐year period

“…The literature suggests that alcohol intake and drug abuse are risk factors for sexual assault . Consistent with these findings, the average alcohol intake of the women in our study was high.…”

Risk factors and health during pregnancy among women previously exposed to sexual violence

“…The RTS opened in the capital city, Reykjavik, in March 1993, offering emergency services for sexually assaulted adolescents and adults. Information from medical records at the RTS has been registered in an electronic database . By 31 December 2008, 1421 women had attended the RTS at least once.…”

“…Of all unexposed pregnancies ( n = 1771), 98.4% were singleton pregnancies compared with 98.7% in the exposed cohort. A majority of women attending the RTS reside in the capital area where access to specialized maternity services is readily obtained. We therefore stratified the random selection of unexposed women according to the place of delivery of exposed women (within or outside the capital area).…”

November notes on important gynecology and obstetrics

“…We have from time to time addressed the topic of violence to women and rape in AOGS articles (4–6). Cecilie Hagemann and colleagues in Trondheim and Oslo, Norway, write on this topic on pp.…”

“…The two pictures of a patient (published with her consent) say much about the topic, so having seen these you might be interested to return to the text! We have from time to time addressed the topic of violence to women and rape in AOGS articles (4)(5)(6). Cecilie Hagemann and colleagues in Trondheim and Oslo, Norway, write on this topic on pp.…”