@article{ref1,
title="Exploring the similarities and differences amongst service users with and without learning disabilities attending Saint Marys Sexual Assault Referral Centre",
journal="Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities",
year="2023",
author="Majeed-Ariss, Rabiya and Mattison, Michelle and Rodriguez, Pablo M. and White, Catherine",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND: People with learning disabilities are over-represented amongst Sexual Assault Referral Centre service users. This work aims to explore the similarities and differences between service users with and without learning disabilities. <br><br>METHOD: Medical notes of 52 service users likely to have a learning disability were compared with 52 service users not likely to have a learning disability (according to the Learning Disability Screening Questionnaire); all of whom attended Saint Marys SARC for a forensic medical examination during a 12-month period. <br><br>RESULTS: Significant associations were found between the likelihood of learning disability and relationship to perpetrator; location of assault; alcohol use; time taken to present to SARC; domestic violence; self-harm; suicide attempts and mental health service involvement. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: People with learning disabilities in the sexually assaulted population are more likely to present with intersecting vulnerabilities emphasising the need for timely, accessible and appropriate patient-centred care for this group.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1360-2322",
doi="10.1111/jar.13147",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jar.13147"
}