The Profile of patients with injuries due to alleged physical assault seen at the casualty department of Schweizer - Reneke District Hospital, North West Province, South Africa

• Main Author: Nwachukwu, U. F.
• Other Authors: Makhubu, M. J.
• Language: en
• Published: University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus) 2013
• Subjects: Injuries
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10386/665

Thesis (M Med (Family Medicine))-- University of Limpopo, 2010. === ABSTRACT Aim: The aim of the study was to establish the profile of patients due to alleged physical assault seen at the casualty department of Schweizer-Reneke District hospital. Objectives: To determine the characteristics of patients with injuries due to alleged physical assaults. To document the pattern of injuries due to alleged physical assaults presented at the casualty department of Schweizer-Reneke District Hospital. To determine the circumstances that influenced the alleged physical assaults on these patients. Design: This was a cross-sectional, descriptive study of victims of alleged physical assault. Setting: Schweizer Reneke District Hospital, located in the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati Health District, in the North West Province of South Africa. Participants: Sixty-four (64) consenting patients, who presented at the casualty of Schweizer-Reneke District Hospital with injuries due to alleged physical assault, from the 1 st of March 2010 to the 31 st of August 2010, formed the sample. Results: The main findings were: The majority of the victims were males (78%), with a mean age of 31 years. Fifty per cent of the injuries were inflicted on the head, in both male and female victims.