IMR Press / CEOG / Volume 49 / Issue 4 / DOI: 10.31083/j.ceog4904100
Open Access Original Research
An analysis of women victims of sexual violence in one area in Republic of Korea
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1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, 14584 Bucheon, Republic of Korea
*Correspondence: heeobgy@schmc.ac.kr; heeobgy@naver.com (Tae-Hee Kim)
Academic Editor: Gideon Koren
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2022, 49(4), 100; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.ceog4904100
Submitted: 4 June 2021 | Revised: 22 July 2021 | Accepted: 30 July 2021 | Published: 19 April 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Obesity in pregnancy: risks and management)
Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Background: This study analyzed the characteristics of sexual violence against women that occurred in one area in Republic of Korea. Methods: The medical records of 332 women who visited Emergency Unit, tertiary university Hospital with sexual violence as main complaint from Jun. 2007 to Oct. 2016 and were examined by obstetricians and gynecologists were reviewed retrospectively. Results: Most of victims were in their 20s. 79.5% of victims had sexual experience before case and this rate in adolescent group aged from 13 to 20 was 65.2%. 52.1% of cases occurred under influence of alcohol and 52.1% of victims had hepatitis B antibody. The most frequent condition of sexual violence in the age group of victims over 13 years old were Jun.–Aug., 0:00–6:00, stranger, and accommodation facility. Those conditions in victims under 13 years old were Sep.–Nov., 12:00–18:00, outdoor, and acquaintance. The follow-up rate after examination was performed in 40.1% of victims. Conclusions: This study showed that sexual violence against child has different characteristics with that general sexual violence. The low rate of carrying hepatitis B antibody in victims indicated the importance of vaccine inoculation and further studies are recommended to obtain statistical significance of the results in this study.

Keywords
Sexual violence victim
Epidemiology
Hepatitis B
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