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    Health-related quality of life and symptom profiles of female survivors of sexual abuse

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    Authors
    Dickinson, L. Miriam
    deGruy, Frank Verloin
    Dickinson, W. Perry
    Candib, Lucy M.
    UMass Chan Affiliations
    Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
    Document Type
    Journal Article
    Publication Date
    1999-01-01
    Keywords
    Child
    Child Abuse, Sexual
    Child, Preschool
    Female
    *Health Status
    Humans
    Linear Models
    Prevalence
    *Quality of Life
    Questionnaires
    Severity of Illness Index
    Sex Offenses
    United States
    *Women's Health
    Community Health
    Other Medical Specialties
    Preventive Medicine
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    http://www.hawaii.edu/hivandaids/Health-Related_QOL_of_Female_Survivors_of_Sexual_Abuse.pdf
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    OBJECTIVES: To determine the association between severity of sexual abuse and psychiatric or medical problems in a sample of female patients from primary care medical settings and to assess the relationship between sexual abuse severity and health-related quality of life before and after controlling for the effects of a current psychiatric or medical diagnosis. DESIGN: Structured interview and self-report questionnaire. SETTING: Three family practice outpatient clinics. SUBJECTS: A total of 252 women selected by somatization status using a screen for unexplained physical symptoms. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Patient assessment after administering the Medical Outcomes Study 36-item Short-Form Health Survey and self-report medical problems questionnaire; the quality-of-life scale developed by Andrews and Withey; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition, Revised, diagnoses and symptom counts from the Diagnostic Interview Schedule; the Dissociative Experiences Scale; and the modified Dissociative Disorders Interview Schedule. RESULTS: A history of sexual abuse is associated with substantial impairment in health-related quality of life and a greater number of somatized symptoms (P < .001), medical problems (P < .01), and psychiatric symptoms and diagnoses (P < .001). In regression analyses, sexual abuse severity was a significant predictor of high scores on 6 of the 8 subscales of the Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form Health Survey (P < .05) and all of the quality-of-life subscales developed by Andrews and Withey (P < .01), with average decrements of up to 0.41 SDs for moderately abused women and 0.56 SDs for severely abused women. Furthermore, sexual abuse severity remained a significant predictor of high scores on the subscales mental health (P < .05), social functioning (P < .05), and quality of life (P < .05), even after adjusting for the presence of several common psychiatric diagnoses. CONCLUSIONS: Female primary care patients with a history of sexual abuse have more physical and psychiatric symptoms and lower health-related quality of life than those without previous abuse. In addition, a linear relationship exists between the severity of sexual abuse and impairment in health-related quality of life, both before and after controlling for the effects of a current psychiatric diagnosis.
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    Arch Fam Med. 1999 Jan-Feb;8(1):35-43.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/30998
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    9932070
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