A study conducted showed that the number of people presenting to the emergency room after sexual assault has increased more than 15 times in recent years. Experts emphasized that these people should be encouraged to seek medical help and the role of health workers.
Sexual assault cases, which we frequently encounter in our country, are also a major problem worldwide. A recent study also found that the number of people seeking emergency medical care after such incidents has increased dramatically in recent times. Study findings were published on the JAMA Network Open.
According to the study carried out, emergency services have increased in the last ten years. 15 times more sexual assault visited for cases. Data from the United States showed that these people should be encouraged to seek medical attention.
Healthcare professionals have a big role
Erica Marsh, one of the researchers, emphasized that sexual assaults are common in the USA. Marsh states that people exposed to such things face many urgent health problems; however, he stated that very few of them sought medical help and said:The findings suggest that health care providers improving both physical and psychosocial health It shows the role it can play.”
The researchers reached these findings by analyzing emergency room data from 2006 to 2019. In the reviews, the number of adults who came to the emergency room after sexual assault from 3,600 to 55,296 saw it rise. According to data from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, such an incident occurs every 68 seconds in the country. In addition, sexual assaults were reported in 2006. 93,000 while in 2019 to 139,815 rose.
That’s why Marsh says an environment where patients can feel more comfortable and safe needs to be created and they need to better understand how to respond to needs. The study also revealed that 95% of those who came to the hospital after sexual assault were sent back home. Of course this is; people’s refusal to register for privacy reasons can be attributed to factors such as hospital costs in the country.
Cases of sexual assault have increased in Turkey in recent years.
When we look at Turkey, we see a similar picture. According to the analysis, 41% of women in Turkey have experienced physical or sexual violence at least once in their lives, and 93% have been subjected to sexual and gender-based harassment. In addition, it can be seen in the crime statistics of the Ministry of Justice that there has been a significant increase in sexual crimes in recent years. According to this, crimes against sexual immunity will be committed in 2021. rose to 127 thousandabuses against children took the first place in these crimes.
Experts say that people who have been sexually assaulted suicide, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, substance use states that the risk of such matters is much higher than that of other people. However, it is stated that a small percentage of people who encounter such events seek medical care. It is also stated that those who receive assistance generally receive insufficient or incomplete assistance.
As a result, the research shows that it is very important to encourage people to seek medical help after these events because of sexual diseases, psychological problems and many more.
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