Muhammad Qasim Ahmed Khan Memon, Pardeep Kumar, Nadia Aslam, Ejaz Ahmed Awan, Shabir Ahmed Cheena,, Abdul Samad

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



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