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Follow up study eight years after diagnosis of sexual abuse
T E Frothingham, C J Hobbs, J M Wynne, L Yee, A Goyal, D J Wadsworth
Community
Paediatrics, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Leeds Community
Mental Health Service Trust, Leeds, UK
Correspondence to: Dr C J Hobbs, Department of Community Paediatrics, St James's University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK email: cjhobbs{at}netcomuk.co.uk
Accepted 29 March 2000
AIM
To study the outcome over an
eight year period of children determined by paediatricians in 1989 as
definitely or probably sexually abused.
METHODInformation was obtained on
140 of 148 children diagnosed in 1989 when aged 7 or less. Sources were
hospital medical records and school health records. School health
records of a comparison group of 83 children were also examined.
RESULTSA variety of problematic
characteristics were found significantly more often in the abused group
than the comparison group. These included surname changes (30%
v 2%), removal from home (25% v 1%), number of home addresses (2.8 v 1.4), and schools attended (3.4 v 2.2). Other significant findings included
further abuse (35% v 0%), adverse
behaviours (60% v 16%), educational
problems (24% v 5%), chronic health
problems (54% v 36%), and involvement of
mental health services (32% v 1%).
Keywords: sexual abuse; follow up
© 2000 by Archives of Disease in Childhood
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