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Table 4 Frequencies of physical abuse in child and adolescent psychiatry differentiated by year of birth before/after 19571

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

 

Child and adolescent psychiatry (N = 41)

Year of birth up to and including 1957 (N = 7)

Year of birth from and including 1958 (N = 34)

n

%

n

%

Physical abuse

3 of 7

42.9

10 of 34

29.4

Beating, rough handling during care measures or the like

3 of 7

42.9

4 of 34

11.8

Coercive measures

2 of 7

28.6

8 of 34

23.5

  1. Presented as number of subjects (%). Only valid cases were included. Due to low numbers, no Chi2 test was performed
  2. 1 As child and adolescent psychiatry mainly addresses patients until the age of 18 and the "Psychiatrie-Enquête" came into force 1975, the birth year 1957 (1975 subtracted 18) was used as a marker point for this analysis
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

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