Health care consumption and psychiatric diagnoses among adolescent girls 1 and 2 years after a first-time registered child sexual abuse experience: a cohort study in the Stockholm Region

dc.contributor.authorRajan, G., Syding, S., Ljunggren, G., Wändell, P., Wahlström, L., Philips, B., ... & Carlsson, A. C.
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-16T19:47:15Z
dc.date.available2020-11-16T19:47:15Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractChild sexual abuse (CSA) is a crime against human rights with severe health consequences, and suicidal actions, stress, eating disorders, and borderline disorder are common among survivors of CSA. The objective of this study was to analyze how health care consumption patterns developed among adolescent girls in the Stockholm Region, Sweden, 1 and 2 years after the first registration of CSA experience appeared in their medical record, as compared to age-matched controls without such registration. In this cohort study, number of healthcare visits, comorbidities, and prescribed drugs were collected through the Stockholm Region administrative database (VAL), for girls age 12–17 with registration of CSA experience in their medical record (n = 519) and age-matched controls (n = 4920) between 2011 and 2018. Healthcare consumption patterns remained higher among the girls with a registered CSA experience compared to the controls, both 1 and 2 years after the first CSA experience registration. Highest odds ratios (ORs) were found for suicide attempts [OR 26.38 (12.65–55.02) and 6.93 (3.48–13.49)]; stress disorders [25.97 (17.42–38.69) and 15.63 (9.82–24.88)]; psychosis [OR 19.39 (1.75–214.13) and 9.70 (1.36–68.95)], and alcohol abuse [OR 10.32 (6.48–16.44) and 6.09 (1.98–18.67)], 1 and 2 years, respectively, after the first CSA experience registration. The drug prescriptions were also significantly higher among the girls with a CSA experience registration than for the controls. The results highlight the need to systematically evaluate and develop assessment, treatment planning, and interventions offered to adolescent girls after their first CSA experience registration.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRajan, G., Syding, S., Ljunggren, G., Wändell, P., Wahlström, L., Philips, B., ... & Carlsson, A. C. (2020). Health care consumption and psychiatric diagnoses among adolescent girls 1 and 2 years after a first-time registered child sexual abuse experience: a cohort study in the Stockholm Region. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 1-9.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00787-020-01670-w
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/4913
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEuropean Child & Adolescent Psychiatryen_US
dc.subjectInternational Resourcesen_US
dc.subjectSwedenen_US
dc.subjectchild sexual abuseen_US
dc.subjectadolescentsen_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.subjecthealthcareen_US
dc.subjectserviceen_US
dc.titleHealth care consumption and psychiatric diagnoses among adolescent girls 1 and 2 years after a first-time registered child sexual abuse experience: a cohort study in the Stockholm Regionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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