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Attitude of pediatricians toward suspected cases of child sexual abuse (CSA) in Saudi Arabia

OBJECTIVE: To assess the attitudes of pediatricians working at the Ministry of National Guard-Health Affairs (MNGHA) to report cases of child sexual abuse (CSA) and to determine the association between the demographic, cultural characteristics, and the attitude toward reporting. PARTICIPANTS AND SET...

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Autores principales: Aleissa, Majed Abdualaziz, Sultana, Khizra, Saleheen, Hassan Nazmus, Aldihan, Dalal Ahmad, Al-Omar, Razan Hussain, Alharbi, Rana Obaid, Allahidan, Raghad Saleh, Alshagary, Rema
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Publicado: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9152561/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35663780
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpam.2021.10.005
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author Aleissa, Majed Abdualaziz
Sultana, Khizra
Saleheen, Hassan Nazmus
Aldihan, Dalal Ahmad
Al-Omar, Razan Hussain
Alharbi, Rana Obaid
Allahidan, Raghad Saleh
Alshagary, Rema
author_facet Aleissa, Majed Abdualaziz
Sultana, Khizra
Saleheen, Hassan Nazmus
Aldihan, Dalal Ahmad
Al-Omar, Razan Hussain
Alharbi, Rana Obaid
Allahidan, Raghad Saleh
Alshagary, Rema
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description OBJECTIVE: To assess the attitudes of pediatricians working at the Ministry of National Guard-Health Affairs (MNGHA) to report cases of child sexual abuse (CSA) and to determine the association between the demographic, cultural characteristics, and the attitude toward reporting. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTINGS: The participants included all pediatricians, from consultants to residents, employed at the Pediatric Department of the King Abdulaziz Medical City and King Abdullah Specialist Children's Hospital, Riyadh. Additional inclusion criteria were females and males, Saudis and non-Saudis, and age 20–60 years. METHODS: A self-administered, hard copy questionnaire was distributed to 277 pediatricians, and the response rate was 58.48%. The sensitivity/specificity emphasis mean score was calculated. Categorical variables were tested against the sensitivity/specificity emphasis mean score using an ANOVA and an independent sample t-test. The reliability of the questionnaire was measured with Cronbach's alpha. RESULTS: In total, 153 completed questionnaires were analyzed. The responses were inclined toward balanced (indecisive toward reporting) and high specificity (favors the decision not to report suspected CSA). No significant difference was found in the sensitivity/specificity mean score between the different levels of professionals, experience, age, gender, and number of prior child abuse-related courses. The skepticism scale showed, for the different professional levels, that the staff physician/resident believed the 3- to 5-year-old girls and boys to be genuine. The consultants/associate consultants believed 6- to 12-year and 13- to 17-year-old girls and boys to be true most of the time. Nearly half of the participants indicated that their reporting decision was affected by the possible consequences of reporting suspected CSA for the children's families and the social perceptions of sexually abused children as adults. CONCLUSION: The results highlight the low reporting rates of CSA cases. The findings suggest a lack of training and experience of the professionals in this area of assessing, detecting, and reporting CSA cases.
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spelling pubmed-91525612022-06-04 Attitude of pediatricians toward suspected cases of child sexual abuse (CSA) in Saudi Arabia Aleissa, Majed Abdualaziz Sultana, Khizra Saleheen, Hassan Nazmus Aldihan, Dalal Ahmad Al-Omar, Razan Hussain Alharbi, Rana Obaid Allahidan, Raghad Saleh Alshagary, Rema Int J Pediatr Adolesc Med Article OBJECTIVE: To assess the attitudes of pediatricians working at the Ministry of National Guard-Health Affairs (MNGHA) to report cases of child sexual abuse (CSA) and to determine the association between the demographic, cultural characteristics, and the attitude toward reporting. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTINGS: The participants included all pediatricians, from consultants to residents, employed at the Pediatric Department of the King Abdulaziz Medical City and King Abdullah Specialist Children's Hospital, Riyadh. Additional inclusion criteria were females and males, Saudis and non-Saudis, and age 20–60 years. METHODS: A self-administered, hard copy questionnaire was distributed to 277 pediatricians, and the response rate was 58.48%. The sensitivity/specificity emphasis mean score was calculated. Categorical variables were tested against the sensitivity/specificity emphasis mean score using an ANOVA and an independent sample t-test. The reliability of the questionnaire was measured with Cronbach's alpha. RESULTS: In total, 153 completed questionnaires were analyzed. The responses were inclined toward balanced (indecisive toward reporting) and high specificity (favors the decision not to report suspected CSA). No significant difference was found in the sensitivity/specificity mean score between the different levels of professionals, experience, age, gender, and number of prior child abuse-related courses. The skepticism scale showed, for the different professional levels, that the staff physician/resident believed the 3- to 5-year-old girls and boys to be genuine. The consultants/associate consultants believed 6- to 12-year and 13- to 17-year-old girls and boys to be true most of the time. Nearly half of the participants indicated that their reporting decision was affected by the possible consequences of reporting suspected CSA for the children's families and the social perceptions of sexually abused children as adults. CONCLUSION: The results highlight the low reporting rates of CSA cases. The findings suggest a lack of training and experience of the professionals in this area of assessing, detecting, and reporting CSA cases. King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2022-06 2021-11-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9152561/ /pubmed/35663780 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpam.2021.10.005 Text en © 2021 Publishing services provided by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (General Organization), Saudi Arabia. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Sultana, Khizra
Saleheen, Hassan Nazmus
Aldihan, Dalal Ahmad
Al-Omar, Razan Hussain
Alharbi, Rana Obaid
Allahidan, Raghad Saleh
Alshagary, Rema
Attitude of pediatricians toward suspected cases of child sexual abuse (CSA) in Saudi Arabia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9152561/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35663780
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpam.2021.10.005
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