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Table 3 Frequencies for maltreatment characteristics in participating and non-participating groups

From: Methodological challenges in following up patients of a hospital child protection team: is there a recruitment bias?

Variable

Complete participation

Telephone interview

Refusal

No contact

χ 2 test

 

(n = 42)

(n = 39)

(n = 50)

(n = 49)

χ (df)

p

Type of maltreatment (%)

      

   Sexual abuse

15 (36)

18 (46)

14 (28)

16 (33)

6.76 (6)

0.344

   Physical maltreatment

11 (26)

11 (28)

21 (42)

13 (27)

  

   Other maltreatment

16 (38)

10 (26)

15 (30)

20 (41)

  

Certainty (%)

      

   Substantiated

32 (76)

33 (85)

38 (76)

39 (80)

1.22 (3)

0.749

   Indicated

10 (23)

6 (15)

12 (24)

10 (20)

  

Perpetrator (%)

      

   Intrafamilial

26 (62)

25 (64)

35 (70)

35 (71)

1.28 (3)

0.734

   Extrafamilial

16 (38)

14 (36)

15 (30)

14 (29)

  
  1. Note. Percentages are added in columns.