[A clinical and epidemiological study of 86 cases on abused children].
OBJECTIVE
To study the clinical and epidemiological manifestations on abused children, in order to find ways of prevention.


METHODS
Retrospective study was carried out clinically and epidemiologically on 86 cases abused children from 1998.1 - 1999.12.


RESULTS
The sex ratio (male:female) in the abused children was 0.76:1. Most cases were 3 - 16 years olds. Abuse incidences were most commonly occurred in spring and winter, accounted for 32.56% and 33.72% respectively. Most abuses happened physically (45.34%), predominantly involved skin (30.23%) and parenchyma (11.27%). Mental abuse accounted for 24.41%. 14 cases resulted in death (16.27%). 55 (64%) of the abusers were illiterate or with poor education.


CONCLUSIONS
The abused sites mostly involved skin and parenchyma, but also caused harm to children's mental health, even causing deaths. Most abused children were female and abusers had lower cultural background. Thus, we need to provide a sounding board, to work on child abuse preventin.
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Dept. of Pediatrics, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an 710068, China.
Qiao
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Zhou
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Li
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Kang
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000628:therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012621:Seasons; D012737:Sex Factors