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Evaluation of the Care Path of Patients Who Have Been Sexually Assaulted

Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Registration Number
NCT04078789
Lead Sponsor
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Brief Summary

The main objective of this study is to describe the care pathway of patients presenting in the medico-judicial unit of the Raymond Poincaré Hospital in Garches, France, following a complaint for sexual assault and suggest ways to improvement of the care adapted to the characteristics of the participants.

Detailed Description

AS secondary objectives, the study aims to:

* Analyze the population of victims of sexual assault seen in consultation at the medico-judicial unit of Raymond Poincaré Hospital.

* Analyze the decision elements of the initiation of the post-exposure treatment and evaluate them against the recommendations.

* Analyze the data collected on the patients and their follow-up in consultation of infectious disease of the hospital of Garches following a sexual assault.

* Identify obstacles encountered by participants to follow the complete follow-up path.

For this purpose the data collection will be done initially within the forensic unit of Raymond Poincaré Hospital. Then, in a second step, the patients requiring the setting up of a post-exposure treatment, are addressed in the service of infectious diseases. The compilations of the data necessary for the study will then be continued until 3 months after the sexual assault.

For the collection of data, they will be based on the medical records of the victims.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
250
Inclusion Criteria
  • People declared being victim of sexual assault;
  • Consult at medical-legal unit;
  • Judicial requirement.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Absence of judicial requirement.

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
post-exposure prophylaxis requirement and surveillance terminationat 1 year

Prevalence of a consultant victim at the medico-legal unit, requiring post-exposure prophylaxis and completing their post-sexual assault surveillance.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Consulting at the medico-legal unitat 1 year

Description of victims consulting at the medico-legal unit.

Follow-up in the infectious diseases departmentat 1 year

Description of the patients followed in the department of acute medicine specializing in infectious diseases sent by the medico-legal unit following sexual assault: monitoring of sexually transmitted infections, aspects of psychological care, state of coverage vaccine, rate of completion, causes of cessation of the treatment, reasons for the failure of follow-up.

Follow-up in medico-legal unitat 1 year

Follow-up of the start of the post-exposure prophylaxis: indication, difficulty of the prescription, respect of the recommendations.

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