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Genital and anal injuries: A cross-sectional Australian study of 1266 women alleging recent sexual assault.

Renate R Zilkens1, Debbie A Smith2, Maureen A Phillips3, S Aqif Mukhtar4, James B Semmens5, Maire C Kelly6.   

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To describe the frequency of genital and anal injury and associated demographic and assault characteristics in women alleging sexual assault.
DESIGN: Cross-sectional study.
SETTING: Sexual Assault Resource Centre (SARC), Western Australia. PARTICIPANTS: Total of 1266 women attending SARC from Jan-2009 to Mar-2015.
METHODS: Women underwent a standardised data collection procedure by forensically trained doctors. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: (1) Frequency of genital and anal injuries by type of sexual assault. (2) Identification of independent factors associated with genital and anal injuries following, respectively, completed vaginal and anal penetration.
RESULTS: Genital injury was observed in 24.5% of all women with reported completed vaginal penetration; in a subset with no prior sexual intercourse 52.1% had genital injury. Genital injury was more likely with no prior sexual intercourse (adjusted odds ratio [adj. OR] 4.4, 95% confidence interval [95%CI] 2.4-8.0), multiple types of penetrants (adj. OR 1.5, 95%CI 1.0-2.1), if general body injury present and less likely with sedative use and delayed examination. Anal injury, observed in 27.0% of reported completed anal penetrations, was more likely with multiple types of penetrants (adjusted OR 5.0, 95%CI 1.2-21.0), if general body injury present and less likely with delayed examination.
CONCLUSION: This study separately quantifies the frequency of both genital and anal injuries in sexually assaulted women. Genital injuries were absent in a large proportion of women regardless of prior vaginal intercourse status. It is anticipated that findings will better inform the community, police and medico-legal evidence to the criminal justice system.
Copyright © 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Keywords:  Anal injury; Domestic violence; Female; Genital injury; Intimate partner violence; Sexual assault

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Year:  2017        PMID: 28407560     DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2017.03.013

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Forensic Sci Int        ISSN: 0379-0738            Impact factor:   2.395


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