Walkyria Almeida Santana

Dr. Walkyria Almeida Santana


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Academic Career Length

2Years (2025-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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11 April 2025 in Journal of Human Growth and Development
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WSWalkyria Almeida Santana
Walkyria Almeida Santana
WFWallacy Milton Do Nascimento Feitosa
Wallacy Milton Do Nascimento Feitosa
RPRENATA PIMENTEL
RENATA PIMENTEL
BFBreno Quintella Farah
Breno Quintella Farah
FHFlávia Cristina da Silva Araújo Hodroj
Flávia Cristina da Silva Araújo Hodroj
JDJeferson Drezett
Jeferson Drezett
Introduction: women with intellectual disabilities are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence and its consequences. However, little is known about the pregnancy resulting from this crime and outcomes for these women. Objective: to compare the characteristics of sexual crime and pregnancy outcomes resulting from sexual violence between women with and without intellectual disabilities. Methods: cross-sectional study with 1,478 pregnant women due to a sexual crime aged ≥14 years who requested a legal abortion, treated at Hospital Pérola Byington, São Paulo, Brazil, between 1994-2015. A total of 88 pregnancies of women with and 1,390 without intellectual disabilities were compared regarding sociodemographic variables, sexual crime, aggressor, pregnancy and abortion. For statistical analysis, Person’s chi-square, adjusted binary logistic regression and Student’s t test for independent samples were used, with significant p<0.05 and a 95% Confidence Interval. Research approved by the Pérola Byington Hospital Research Ethics Committee, opinion 1,396,893. Results: pregnant women with intellectual disabilities had less education than those without (84.1% versus 23.4%) (p<0.001), declared less religion (68.2% versus 85.0%) (p<0.001), and they were not married or in a relationship (96.6% versus 81.1%) (p<0.001). Domestic sexual crime was more frequent (57.8% versus 18.8%) (p<0.001), related aggressor (44.9% versus 11.2%) (p<0.001), referral by public security (80, 7% versus 50.4%) (p<0.001), police report (86.4% versus 65.3%) (p<0.001), and medical-legal examination (83.0% versus 61.5%) (p<0.001). There was no difference in abortion, but in pregnant women with intellectual disabilities, the medical method was more frequent (55.6% versus 34.2%) (p=0.03) due to higher gestational age. Conclusion: pregnant women with intellectual disorders are more vulnerable to domestic sexual violence perpetrated by related aggressors, with greater involvement of public security, and later seeking abortion.