Acta Scientific MEDICAL SCIENCES (ISSN: 2582-0931)
Volume 6 Issue 12 December 2022
Epidemiological, Clinical and Therapeutic Aspects of Sexual Abuse in
Children and Adolescents at KAMSAR Hospital, Guinea
Condé Ibrahima
1,2
*, Hyjazi Marie Elisabeth
1
, Diallo Fatoumata
Binta
2,3
, Kouyaté Mustapha
2,3
, Cherif Mahamoud Sama
2
, Camara
Abdoulaye
1
and Traoré Amadou
1
1
Hôpital ANAIM Kamsar, Guinea
2
Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Guinea
3
Pédiatrie Hôpital National Donka, Guinea
*Corresponding Author: Condé Ibrahima, Hôpital ANAIM Kamsar, Guinea.
Research Article
Received: November 16, 2022
Published: November 23, 2022
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et al.
Abstract
Introduction: The incidence of rape and sexual abuse among children is constantly increasing in the world and particularly in
Guinea. The objective of this study was to describe the epidemiological, clinical, and therapeutic aspects of sexually abused children
admitted to Kamsar Hospital.
Patients and Methods: It was a prospective cross-sectional, study on the sexual abuse of all minors victims admitted at the Kamsar
hospital and the incident evaluation was carried out by a multidisciplinary team made up of gynecologists and pediatricians from
January to December 2020.
Results: Out of a total of 29 cases of sexual abuse recorded and treated at the Kamsar hospital, 24(82.75%.) cases were minors. The
victims were aged 4-10 years (41.66%) and 11-16 years (58.34%). Children were abused at the family’s house (54.17%) and mostly
between 1 p.m.-5 p.m. (58.17%)often by someone known to the victim (71.84%).The sexual contact (genito-genital) was about
58.3%, the sexual contact with fingers was 12.5%, the genito-anal contact was 12.5% and 1 case of touching (4.35%).Almost all the
children presented sexual trauma (99.67%) with different locations: a hymenal (79.16%), anal (16.67%) and extra genital (8.33%).
Mutism was present in 99.17% of cases. Preventive antibiotic therapy was used in 100%; preventive antiretroviral (ARV) was used
in 58.33%; local antiseptic was used in (54.17%), analgesic was used in 79.17%. Emergency contraception (Levonorgestel) was used
in 12.5% of cases.
Conclusion: Sexual violence among children and adolescents remains a reality at the Kamsar hospital; this phenomenon includes
both sexes with a female dominance.
Keywords: Sexual Abuse; Children; Hospital; Kamsar
Introduction
Child abuse is any form of physical and psychological
mistreatment, sexual abuse, neglect and exploitation that results
in actual or potential harm to the health, development or dignity
of the child. There are four types of abuse: neglect, physical abuse,
psychological abuse and sexual abuse [1]. Child sexual abuse
remains an ongoing threat to the well-being of children who may be
victimized, to the freedom of individuals who may engage in abusive
behavior, and to the reputations and livelihoods of organizations in
which the abuse could occur [2]. The WHO defines sexual violence
as any sexual act, attempt to obtain a sexual act, comments or
DOI: 10.31080/ASMS.2022.06.1408
Citation: Condé Ibrahima., et al. “Epidemiological, Clinical and Therapeutic Aspects of Sexual Abuse in Children and Adolescents at KAMSAR Hospital,
Guinea". Acta Scientific Medical Sciences 6.12 (2022): 83-88.