TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - Patients presenting with fresh trauma after interpersonal violence. Part II. Assault history
JO  - South African medical journal SAMJ
A1  - Stein, Dan J.
A1  - Boshoff, D.
A1  - Traut, A.
A1  - Daniels, F.
A1  - Abrahams, H.
A1  - de Bruyn, J. H.
A1  - van der Spuy, J.
SP  - 999
EP  - 1000
VL  - 87
IS  - 8
N2  - BACKGROUND: Patients presenting with fresh trauma are frequently victims of interpersonal violence. Nevertheless, few South African studies have documented the history surrounding such assaults and their management. METHODS: Patients presenting with fresh trauma to the Trauma Unit of Tygerberg Hospital were selected in order to provide a representative sample. Where patients were victims of interpersonal violence, a history of the current and previous assault(s) was taken. RESULTS: Victims of interpersonal violence often reported that they had been involved in such violence on previous occasions. Nevertheless, these patients had rarely received management from psychosocial services. Patients with a previous history of having been assaulted had a number of distinct characteristics, including female gender and increased substance use. CONCLUSIONS: Trauma has justifiably been described as a recurrent disease. There is an urgent need for effective psychosocial services for victims of interpersonal violence; ideally, this would prevent future multiple hospital admissions.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0038-2469
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -