Reported Cases of Sexual Assault in Civil Hospital Sanghar
Muhammad Qasim Ahmed Khan Memon, Pardeep Kumar, Nadia Aslam, Ejaz Ahmed Awan, Shabir Ahmed Cheena,, Abdul Samad
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ABSTRACT
Aim: To evaluate the sexual assault against male and female.
Study design: Retrospective study
Place and duration of study: Civil Hospital Sanghar from 1st January 2020 to 31st December, 2020
Methodology: Forty two cases of sexual assault and recognize the associated factors were enrolled. The age between 6-35 years and either gender were included.
Result: There were 28.6% females and 71.4% males, highest victims were among age between 6-18 years was 17(40.5%), illiterate was 23(54.7%), assaulted by a neighbour was 30 (71.4%) and time lapse <1-2 days was 19(45.4%) sexual assaults.
Conclusion: Majority of victims were males, assailant relationships of neighbour and illiterate.
Keywords: Sexual assault, Victims, Assailants