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

Table 6 Frequencies of different forms of child abuse differentiated by type of institutions and sex of the perpetrators

Types of child maltreatment	Sex of the perpetrator	Child and adolescent psychiatry		Pediatric or general hospital
Types of child maltreatment	Sex of the perpetrator	N	%	N	%
Physical abuse	Male perpetrator(s) involved	9 of 12	75.0	22 of 40	55.0
Physical abuse	Female perpetrator(s) involved	7 of 12	58.3	27 of 40	67.5
Emotional abuse	Male perpetrator(s) involved	6 of 9	66.7	17 of 44	38.6
Emotional abuse	Female perpetrator(s) involved	4 of 9	44.4	37 of 44	84.1
Sexual abuse	Male perpetrator(s) involved	3 of 3	100.0	3 of 3	100.0
Sexual abuse	Female perpetrator(s) involved	0 of 3	0.0	0 of 3	0.0
Neglect	Male perpetrator(s) involved	7 of 9	77.8	19 of 52	36.5
	Female perpetrator(s) involved	5 of 9	55.6	45 of 52	86.5

Presented as number of subjects (%). Only valid cases were included. The category "female perpetrator involved" includes cases where people indicated the gender of perpetrator(s) as “female” or “female and male”. The category "male perpetrator involved" includes cases where people indicated the gender of perpetrator(s) as “male” or “female and male”

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