Health Charges and Utilization and Anxiety, Depression and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms of Women Who Experienced or Did Not Experience Childhood and Adult Sexual Abuse
| Childhood Sexual Abuse (mean [SD]) | 2 × 2 Factorial ANOVA Test Results | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Childhood (C) | Adult (A) | C*A | R2 | |||||||
| No | Yes | Total | F | P | F | P | F | P | ||
| Total outpatient charges | ||||||||||
| No adult sexual abuse | 535 (453) | 588 (346) | 552 (421) | |||||||
| Adult sexual abuse | 703 (460) | 844 (508) | 802 (491) | |||||||
| Total | 563 (455) | 716 (449) | 629 (456) | 0.60 | .44 | 3.40 | .07 | 0.03 | .86 | |
| Days spent in hospital (n) | ||||||||||
| No adult sexual abuse | 1.3 (0.9) | 1.5 (0.9) | 1.4 (0.9) | |||||||
| Adult sexual abuse | 1.7 (1.1) | 1.8 (1.1) | 1.7 (1.1) | |||||||
| Total | 1.4 (0.9) | 1.6 (1.0) | 1.5 (1.0) | 0.24 | .63 | 1.74 | .19 | 0.01 | .94 | |
| ER visits (n) | ||||||||||
| No adult sexual abuse | 2.1 (1.2) | 2.5 (1.1) | 2.2 (1.2) | |||||||
| Adult sexual abuse | 2.6 (0.9) | 2.4 (1.3) | 2.5 (1.2) | |||||||
| Total | 2.2 (1.2) | 2.5 (1.2) | 2.3 (1.2) | 0.18 | .67 | 0.49 | .49 | 0.75 | .39 | |
| Anxiety | ||||||||||
| No adult sexual abuse | 2.6 (3.4) | 5.2 (4.5) | 3.4 (3.9) | |||||||
| Adult sexual abuse | 6.0 (5.0) | 7.5 (4.2) | 7.0 (4.5) | |||||||
| Total | 3.1 (3.8) | 6.4 (4.4) | 4.8 | .03 | 8.9 | .004 | 0.40 | .53 | 0.21 | |
| Depression | ||||||||||
| No adult sexual abuse | 4.3 (4.8) | 8.9 (6.0) | 4.9 (5.4) | |||||||
| Adult sexual abuse | 8.4 (7.3) | 12.6 (6.7) | 10.7 (6.5) | |||||||
| Total | 5.7 (5.6) | 11.3 (7.0) | 10.10 | .002 | 8.28 | .005 | 0.03 | .86 | 0.26 | |
| PTSD | ||||||||||
| No adult sexual abuse | 11.4 (11.9) | 20.3 (16.3) | 13.5 (14.0) | |||||||
| Adult sexual abuse | 24.4 (19.1) | 31.1 (18.8) | 25.7 (18.2) | |||||||
| Total | 14.2 (14.0) | 29.1 (18.8) | 4.57 | .04 | 10.67 | .002 | 0.10 | .75 | 0.22 | |
ANOVA, analysis of variance; ER, emergency room; PTSD, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.