title: Abuse-related trauma forward medical care in a randomly sampled nationwide population.
abstract: Abuse-related trauma remains a global health issue. However, there is paucity in nationwide reports. We aim to estimate the incidence of abuse-related trauma forward medical care and identify its characteristics and clinical course in Taiwan. Patients with trauma between 2005 and 2007 that occurred 3 months before or after a diagnosis of abuse were identified from a randomly sampled nationwide longitudinal health insurance database of 1 million beneficiaries. The patients' demographic data, injury pattern, and medical resource utilization were measured, stratified by age and sex, and compared using chi-square test. Risk factors of next trauma event were identified using Cox regression analysis. Ninety-three patients (65 females) were identified (mean age, 20.6 ± 16.3 years), including 61.3% under 18 years of age. For the first trauma event, 68 patients (73.1%) visited the emergency room, 63 (67.7%) received intervention, and 14 (15.1%) needed hospital care. Seven (7.5%), all less than 11 years old, had intracranial hemorrhage and required intensive care. Thirty-three (35.5%) left with complications or sequelae, or required rehabilitation, but all survived. Of the 34 victims of sexual abuse, 32 were aged less than 18 years. Men received more mood stabilizers or antipsychotics (50.0% vs 10.7%, P = 0.030) and reeducative psychotherapy (25.0% vs 0, P = 0.044). Risk factors for a next trauma event were injury involving the extremities (hazard ratio [HR]: 5.27 [2.45-11.33]) and use of antibiotics (HR: 4.21 [1.45-12.24]) on the first trauma event. Abuse-related trauma has heterogeneous presentations among subgroups. Clinicians should be alert in providing timely diagnosis and individualized intervention.
authors: Department of Surgery College of Medicine, National Taiwan University Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Wanfang Hospital, Taipei Medical University Department of Internal Medicine Department of Traumatology, National Taiwan University Hospital School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors: Cheng-Maw
authors: CM
authors: Ho
authors: Chih-Hsin
authors: CH
authors: Lee
authors: Jann-Yuan
authors: JY
authors: Wang
authors: Po-Huang
authors: PH
authors: Lee
authors: Hong-Shiee
authors: HS
authors: Lai
authors: Rey-Heng
authors: RH
authors: Hu
authors: Jin-Shing
authors: JS
authors: Chen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate / Q000639:trends; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology; D014193:Trauma Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014754:Violence; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D055815:Young Adult