ArticleDepression and anxiety2021
Health care utilization by women sexual assault survivors after emergency care: Results of a multisite prospective study.
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- Testing a Smartphone-Based Intervention Targeting Anxiety Sensitivity Among Women Presenting for Emergency Care After Sexual Assault: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR formative research · 2026Trial
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- Toward a comprehensive, survivor-centered measure of barriers and facilitators to sexual assault services: findings from cognitive interviews.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Smartphone Keystroke Biomarkers as Predictors of Adverse Neuropsychiatric Sequelae After Trauma in Trauma Survivors: Prospective Observational Cohort Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Observational
- Somatization and experience of physical, psychological, and sexual violence among women consulting gynecological clinics: a waiting room survey.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2026Article
- Medical mistrust among diverse survivors of sexual violence: implications for primary health care delivery and engagement.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- Research with women sexual assault survivors presenting for emergency care is safe: Results from a multi-site, prospective observational cohort study.Journal of psychiatric research · 2024Observational
- "I Want to Be Heard": Rape Victims' Encounters With Swedish Police.Violence against women · 2024Article
- Web-Based Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment for Traumatic Stress and Alcohol Misuse Among Survivors of Sexual Assault and Intimate Partner Violence: Usability and Acceptability Study.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Adolescent Female Victims of Sexual Violence: Analysis of Loss of Follow-up after Emergency Care and Outpatient Follow-up.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2023Article
- Variation in rates of sexual assault crisis counsellor usage during forensic examination in California: an observational study.BMJ open · 2023Observational
- Perceived Barriers and Facilitators to Treatment for Alcohol Misuse Among Survivors and Victim Service Professionals Following Sexual Assault and Intimate Partner Violence.Violence and victims · 2023Article
- Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners Lead to Improved Uptake of Services: A Cross-Sectional Study.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2023Article
- Mental health of sexual assault victims and predictors of their use of support from in-house psychologists at Belgian sexual assault care centres.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2023Article
- "I still feel so lost": experiences of women receiving SANE care during the year after sexual assault.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2021Article
- Relationships Between Trauma Exposure, PTSD, and Formal Help-Seeking in African American and Latina Women Sexual Assault Survivors.Aggression and violent behaviorArticle
- Trauma- and Violence-Informed Empowering Care for Sexual Assault Survivors.Journal of forensic nursingArticle
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Abstract
backgroundApproximately, 100,000 US women receive emergency care after sexual assault each year, but no large-scale study has examined the incidence of posttraumatic sequelae, receipt of health care, and frequency of assault disclosure to providers. The current study evaluated health outcomes and service utilization among women in the 6 weeks after sexual assault.
methodsWomen ≥18 years of age presenting for emergency care after sexual assault to twelve sites were approached. Among those willing to be contacted for the study (n = 1080), 706 were enrolled. Health outcomes, health care utilization, and assault disclosure were assessed via 6 week survey.
resultsThree quarters (76%) of women had posttraumatic stress, depression, or anxiety, and 65% had pain. Less than two in five reported seeing health care provider; receipt of care was not related to substantive differences in symptoms and was less likely among Hispanic women and women with a high school education or less. Nearly one in four who saw a primary care provider did not disclose their assault, often due to shame, embarrassment, or fear of being judged.
conclusionMost women receiving emergency care after sexual assault experience substantial posttraumatic sequelae, but health care in the 6 weeks after assault is uncommon, unrelated to substantive differences in need, and limited in socially disadvantaged groups. Lack of disclosure to primary care providers was common among women who did receive care.
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