The post-COVID-19 pandemic situation regarding the number of cases and the profile of patients treated for suspected child and adolescent sexual violence

Medicina clinica (English ed.) Pub Date : 2025-09-01 DOI:10.1016/j.medcle.2025.106988

Ana I. Curcoy Barcenilla , Nerea Garcia Holguera , Carla Cano Garcia , Marta Simó Nebot , Carles Luaces Cubells , Victoria Trenchs Sainz de la Maza

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Abstract

Background and objective

After the pandemic, the Barcelona adult’s reference centre for victims of sexual assault reported a 40% increase in its consultations. Our objective is to determine if cases of suspected child and adolescent sexual violence (CASV) also increased and if the profile of the victims changed.

Materials and methods

Cross-sectional study. Patients <18 years of age treated for suspected CASV in 2019 and 2022 by a Functional Team of Experts were included and their characteristics were compared.

Results

135 cases from 2019 and 163 from 2022 were included. 83.2% were female. The mean age was 10 vs. 12 years (p = 0.064), 11.9% vs. 25.2% (p = 0.004) had a psychiatric history, and 59.3% vs. 43.6% (p = 0.039) were referred from the hospital. 0.7% sexually transmitted infections were diagnosed in 2019 vs. 4.3% in 2022 (p = 0.076). A possible aggressor was reported in 287 (96.9% male): it was a cohabitant in 47.3% vs. 28.8% (p = 0.001).

Conclusions

A substantial increase in cases with suspected CASV was detected; affecting more adolescent girls, more exposed to non-cohabiting aggressors, making it necessary to insist on awareness and prevention campaigns in this age group.

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covid -19大流行后关于疑似儿童和青少年性暴力的病例数和患者概况的情况

背景和目的大流行之后，巴塞罗那成人性侵犯受害者参考中心的咨询人数增加了40%。我们的目标是确定疑似儿童和青少年性暴力案件（CASV）是否也有所增加，以及受害者的特征是否发生了变化。材料与方法横断面研究。纳入2019年和2022年由职能专家组治疗的18岁疑似CASV患者，并对其特征进行比较。结果2019年135例，2022年163例。83.2%为女性。平均年龄为10岁vs. 12岁（p = 0.064），11.9% vs. 25.2% （p = 0.004）有精神病史，59.3% vs. 43.6% （p = 0.039）转诊自医院。2019年诊断为0.7%，2022年为4.3% （p = 0.076）。287例（96.9%为男性）报告了可能的攻击者，其中47.3%为同居者，28.8%为同居者（p = 0.001）。结论疑似CASV病例明显增多；影响到更多的青春期女孩，更容易受到非同居侵犯者的影响，因此有必要在这个年龄段坚持提高认识和预防运动。

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