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. 2018 Oct 9;13(10):e0205086. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205086

Table 7. Characteristics of quantitative and mixed-method studies included in the review with populations at risk.

Author Period of prevalence Study design Setting Method of data collection Instruments/
Tools used to measure CSA
Sample size and sampling strategy Age
(in years)
Type of sexual abuse Prevalence Perpetration
Non-contact Contact Forced intercourse
Deb et al. (2011a) #3
[66]
Childhood Case Control (120 sexually abused girls and 120 non- sexually abused girls) Observation home/shelter home and schools Administered structured interview Sexual Abuse Screening Questionnaire 240 Young girls Purposive sampling 13–18 X X X 17%-46% Not included
Deb et al. (2011b) #3
[65]
Childhood Case Control (120 sexually abused girls and 120 non- sexually abused girls) Observation home/shelter home and schools Administered structured interview Sexual Abuse Screening Questionnaire 240 Young girls Purposive sampling 13–18 X X X 17%-46% Not included
Reed et al. (2013)
[98]
Childhood Cross-sectional Community Administered structured interview Not stated 850 FSW’s
Respondent driven sampling
18–40 X 20.2% Not included
Jangam et al. (2015)
[36]
Childhood Case control (609 Women with psychiatric disorders as cases and 100 education and age-matched controls) Clinical facility Administered structured interview ISPCAN** Child Abuse Screening Tool-Retrospective (ICAST-R) 709 women
Consecutive sampling method
18–50 X X X 13.3%- Cases
8.0%- Controls
Not reported
Silverman et al. (2014)
[73]
Past year experience of CSA Cross Sectional ASHA Center Administered structured interview Not stated 211 HIV infected FSW’s
Stratified random sampling
>18 X X 46.20% Not included

# Data based on an Intervention Study.

* Mixed Methods Study.

**International Society for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse and Neglect Tool-Retrospective (ISPCAN).

2 Studies based on same data set but reporting different health outcomes.

3 Studies based on same data set but reporting different health outcome.