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Table 1 Forms of maltreatment and assigned items

From: Violence against children and adolescents by nursing staff: prevalence rates and implications for practice

Items

Form of maltreatment

During this stay in my childhood/youth …

 

 … I experienced physical violence …

 •… in form of beating, rough handling during care measures or the like

 •… in form of coercive measures such as fixation or confinement

 … by a nurse/nurses (m/f).

Physical abuse

 •… I was humiliated, insulted, threatened or intimidated …

 •… information that I had said in confidence were passed on "behind my back”

 … by a nurse/nurses (m/f).

Emotional abuse

 •… I experienced sexual assaults with penetration

 •…I experienced sexual assaults without penetration

 … by a nurse/nurses (m/f).

Sexual abuse

 … I had the feeling the nurse/nurses (m/f) …

 •… was/were not interested in how I was doing.

 •… did not take sufficient care of me.

 • … was/were not taking good care of me.

Neglect