Frequency of phobia among sexual assault victims referred to legal medicine organization in Isfahan province

Abstract

Introduction: Phobia is a mental disorder that can occur following rape and pose a serious threat to women's health. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of paranoia in female victims of rape referred to Isfahan Forensic Medicine Center in 2014. Methods: This descriptive study included 93 women rape victims referred to Isfahan Forensic Medicine Center who were randomly selected. The study tool was the demographic information and mental health questionnaire scl-90. Descriptive statistics and Spearman correlation, independent t test, one-way analysis of variance in SPSS version 17 were used to analyze the data. Results: This study showed that there was a significant positive correlation between rape and phobia (P < 0.001) so that the prevalence of phobia in people who were raped was moderate to high. Also 9.1% (8 people) of mild phobias (scores 1–0), 79.5% (70 people) moderate phobias (scores 1–1) and 11.4% (10 people) phobias in the range Severe (scores 4–3) reported. Of the seven sub-indices in the phobia section, 52.3% (46 people) had very unreasonable fears. Approximately 52.3% (46 people) were afraid of traveling, 46.6% (41 people) were afraid of being alone. Going, 38.6% (34 people) fear of the market, 51.1% (45 people) anxiety, 12.5% (11 people) feeling of alienation, 1.1% (1 person) fear of fainting in total. Conclusion: Due to the increasing number of rapes in women and the recognition of rape as a factor disrupting mental health, strategies and resources should be provided to prevent rape against women and its adverse consequences, including phobia and early diagnosis and treatment of this complication and other complications Be allocated.

Keywords

• phobia
• sexual assault
• women