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Non-compliance with outpatient follow-up in child abuse cases - a single centre study/ Siti Rabihah Abdul Halim, Fahisham Taib and Azriani Ab Rahman

Introduction: To study the characteristics of child abuse cases and determine the risk factors associated with non-compliance to follow-up. Methods: A retrospective review of Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN) cases attending an outpatient clinic at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia was perfo...

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Main Authors: Abdul Halim, Siti Rabihah, Taib, Fahisham, Ab Rahman, Azriani
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Medicine 2023
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Children
Psychiatry
RJ Pediatrics
Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/74293/1/74293.pdf
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spelling my.uitm.ir.742932023-03-08T07:03:18Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/74293/ Non-compliance with outpatient follow-up in child abuse cases - a single centre study/ Siti Rabihah Abdul Halim, Fahisham Taib and Azriani Ab Rahman jchs Abdul Halim, Siti Rabihah Taib, Fahisham Ab Rahman, Azriani Children Psychiatry RJ Pediatrics Introduction: To study the characteristics of child abuse cases and determine the risk factors associated with non-compliance to follow-up. Methods: A retrospective review of Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN) cases attending an outpatient clinic at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia was performed. This was done using a standardized proforma to capture the demographic and clinical data from 2014 until 2020. Variables collected were gender, age at the time of the abuse, religion, education, school attendance, history of previous abuse, parental employment, parental relationship, domestic violence, parental criminal history, substance abuse, and household number. Children under the age of 18 years who were seen by the SCAN team in the emergency department (ED) or during hospital admission within the time frame were included. Results: Compliance rates are defined as the follow-up within the first recommended date given after hospital admission or encounter at the ED. The investigation comprised 311 cases and sexual abuse was reported in 261 cases (83.9%). During the study period, 191 (61.3%) children who were non-compliant with follow-up. Simple binary logistic regression revealed that the significant factors associated with non-compliance to follow-up after the SCAN team review was the patients’ age only. Multiple logistic regression revealed that there were no significant factors associated with failure to comply with outpatient clinic follow-up. Conclusion: This study provides a descriptive study of local child abuse cases. We could not identify any specific factors associated with non-compliance to follow-up. Faculty of Medicine 2023-03 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/74293/1/74293.pdf Non-compliance with outpatient follow-up in child abuse cases - a single centre study/ Siti Rabihah Abdul Halim, Fahisham Taib and Azriani Ab Rahman. (2023) Journal of Clinical and Health Sciences (JCHS), 8 (1). pp. 52-61. ISSN 0127-984X http://jchs-medicine.uitm.edu.my/
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topic Children
Psychiatry
RJ Pediatrics
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Psychiatry
RJ Pediatrics
Abdul Halim, Siti Rabihah
Taib, Fahisham
Ab Rahman, Azriani
Non-compliance with outpatient follow-up in child abuse cases - a single centre study/ Siti Rabihah Abdul Halim, Fahisham Taib and Azriani Ab Rahman
description Introduction: To study the characteristics of child abuse cases and determine the risk factors associated with non-compliance to follow-up. Methods: A retrospective review of Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN) cases attending an outpatient clinic at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia was performed. This was done using a standardized proforma to capture the demographic and clinical data from 2014 until 2020. Variables collected were gender, age at the time of the abuse, religion, education, school attendance, history of previous abuse, parental employment, parental relationship, domestic violence, parental criminal history, substance abuse, and household number. Children under the age of 18 years who were seen by the SCAN team in the emergency department (ED) or during hospital admission within the time frame were included. Results: Compliance rates are defined as the follow-up within the first recommended date given after hospital admission or encounter at the ED. The investigation comprised 311 cases and sexual abuse was reported in 261 cases (83.9%). During the study period, 191 (61.3%) children who were non-compliant with follow-up. Simple binary logistic regression revealed that the significant factors associated with non-compliance to follow-up after the SCAN team review was the patients’ age only. Multiple logistic regression revealed that there were no significant factors associated with failure to comply with outpatient clinic follow-up. Conclusion: This study provides a descriptive study of local child abuse cases. We could not identify any specific factors associated with non-compliance to follow-up.
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author Abdul Halim, Siti Rabihah
Taib, Fahisham
Ab Rahman, Azriani
author_facet Abdul Halim, Siti Rabihah
Taib, Fahisham
Ab Rahman, Azriani
author_sort Abdul Halim, Siti Rabihah
title Non-compliance with outpatient follow-up in child abuse cases - a single centre study/ Siti Rabihah Abdul Halim, Fahisham Taib and Azriani Ab Rahman
title_short Non-compliance with outpatient follow-up in child abuse cases - a single centre study/ Siti Rabihah Abdul Halim, Fahisham Taib and Azriani Ab Rahman
title_full Non-compliance with outpatient follow-up in child abuse cases - a single centre study/ Siti Rabihah Abdul Halim, Fahisham Taib and Azriani Ab Rahman
title_fullStr Non-compliance with outpatient follow-up in child abuse cases - a single centre study/ Siti Rabihah Abdul Halim, Fahisham Taib and Azriani Ab Rahman
title_full_unstemmed Non-compliance with outpatient follow-up in child abuse cases - a single centre study/ Siti Rabihah Abdul Halim, Fahisham Taib and Azriani Ab Rahman
title_sort non-compliance with outpatient follow-up in child abuse cases - a single centre study/ siti rabihah abdul halim, fahisham taib and azriani ab rahman
publisher Faculty of Medicine
publishDate 2023
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/74293/1/74293.pdf
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