Table 3 Depressive symptoms in relation to sexual abuse profile (N = 191)
From: Incidence of depressive symptoms among sexually abused children in Kenya
| Â | CDI score | BDI score | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | p value | Mean | p value | |
Relationship to perpetrator | ||||
 Stranger | 21.4 | 0.199 | 29.1 | 0.024 |
 Acquaintance | 21.3 | 26.1 | ||
 Non-parental care giver | 18.0 | 15.0 | ||
 Biological parent | 26.1 | 41.0 | ||
Perpetrator acts | ||||
 Vagina anal penetration | 21.3 | 0.109 | 27.4 | 0.230 |
 Touching the genitals | 26.5 | 40.0 | ||
 Non-genital contact | 18.0 | – | ||
What perpetrator made victim do | ||||
 Nothing | 19.1 | 0.458 | 25.7 | 0.011 |
 Touching genitals | 21.8 | 49.0 | ||
 Oral copulation | 20.0 | – | ||
 Others | – | 27.5 | ||
Frequency of abuse | ||||
 Once | 20.4 | 0.129 | 27.6 | 0.229 |
 Twice | 22.7 | 27.4 | ||
 Three times | 22.7 | 31.0 | ||
 Four times | 24.9 | 20.0 | ||
 More than four times | 20.9 | 40.0 | ||
How long the abuse taken place | ||||
 Days | 20.6 | 0.748 | 28.0 | 0.875 |
 Weeks | 21.7 | 22.0 | ||
 Months | 21.8 | 27.2 | ||
 Years | 23.1 | 27.5 | ||
First place to be taken | ||||
 Hospital | 21.9 | 0.469 | 26.9 | 0.032 |
 Chief’s camp | – | 21.0 | ||
 Police station | 20.4 | 33.2 | ||
 Other | 18.0 | 41.0 | ||
How long before receiving medical care | ||||
 Within 1 h | 21.9 | 0.004 | 26.9 | 0.223 |
 Within 2 h | 25.7 | 31.0 | ||
 Within 12 h | 22.7 | 25.0 | ||
 Within 48 h | 12.0 | 24.0 | ||
 Within 72 h | 21.7 | – | ||
 After 72 h | 17.6 | 35.0 | ||