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Table 4 Mental health outcomes by perpetrator type (N = 126)

From: Exploring the relationships between sexual violence, mental health and perpetrator identity: a cross-sectional Australian primary care study

Mental health outcomes

Perpetrator type

N

Mean score (SD)

Unadjusted

Adjusteda

Mean difference in mental health outcome score (95% CI)

P-value

Mean difference in mental health outcome score (95% CI)

P-value

PTSD

Intimate partner

30

36.8 (12.2)

0.098

0.086

Stranger

21

28.1 (11.5)

−7.9 (− 15.1 to − 0.7)

 

− 8.0 (−  15.2 to − 0.8)

 

Known person

26

33.7 (15.7)

−2.9 (− 9.5 to 3.7)

 

− 4.7 (− 11.7 to 2.3)

 

Depression

Intimate partner

30

8.4 (4.3)

0.187

0.070

Stranger

21

5.9 (5.4)

−2.4 (− 5.2 to 0.3)

 

− 2.4 (− 5.2 to 0.3)

 

Known person

26

6.7 (5.6)

−1.7 (− 4.3 to 0.9)

 

−2.8 (−5.4 to − 0.2)

 

Anxiety

Intimate partner

28

5.6 (4.0)

0.501

0.587

Stranger

21

4.4 (3.3)

−1.2 (− 3.2 to 0.8)

 

−1.1 (−3.2 to 1.0)

 

Known person

25

5.0 (3.9)

−0.6 (−2.6 to 1.4)

 

−0.7 (− 2.9 to 1.4)

 
  1. 48 (38%) had missing responses to perpetrator
  2. “Intimate partner” was used as the base level of the categorical exposure variable
  3. aModel adjusted for clinic and experience of child abuse