Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Conditions
Keywords
sex offenses, sexually transmitted diseases, traumatic injury
Brief summary
The main objective of this study is to describe the care pathway of patients presenting in the medico-judicial unit of the Raymond Poincaré Hospital in Garches, France, following a complaint for sexual assault and suggest ways to improvement of the care adapted to the characteristics of the participants.
Detailed description
AS secondary objectives, the study aims to: * Analyze the population of victims of sexual assault seen in consultation at the medico-judicial unit of Raymond Poincaré Hospital. * Analyze the decision elements of the initiation of the post-exposure treatment and evaluate them against the recommendations. * Analyze the data collected on the patients and their follow-up in consultation of infectious disease of the hospital of Garches following a sexual assault. * Identify obstacles encountered by participants to follow the complete follow-up path. For this purpose the data collection will be done initially within the forensic unit of Raymond Poincaré Hospital. Then, in a second step, the patients requiring the setting up of a post-exposure treatment, are addressed in the service of infectious diseases. The compilations of the data necessary for the study will then be continued until 3 months after the sexual assault. For the collection of data, they will be based on the medical records of the victims.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
No minimum to 120 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* People declared being victim of sexual assault; * Consult at medical-legal unit; * Judicial requirement.
Exclusion criteria
\- Absence of judicial requirement.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| post-exposure prophylaxis requirement and surveillance termination | at 1 year | Prevalence of a consultant victim at the medico-legal unit, requiring post-exposure prophylaxis and completing their post-sexual assault surveillance. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Consulting at the medico-legal unit | at 1 year | Description of victims consulting at the medico-legal unit. |
| Follow-up in medico-legal unit | at 1 year | Follow-up of the start of the post-exposure prophylaxis: indication, difficulty of the prescription, respect of the recommendations. |
| Follow-up in the infectious diseases department | at 1 year | Description of the patients followed in the department of acute medicine specializing in infectious diseases sent by the medico-legal unit following sexual assault: monitoring of sexually transmitted infections, aspects of psychological care, state of coverage vaccine, rate of completion, causes of cessation of the treatment, reasons for the failure of follow-up. |
Contacts
Primary ContactCéline Dufort, MD
Backup ContactDhiba Marigot-Outtandy, MD
Outcome results
None listed