Abstract

CRESPO BARRIOS, Ana Ivis; FERNANDEZ COUSE, Gladys  and  PEREA CORRAL, Jesús. Niño maltratado. Rev Cubana Pediatr [online]. 1996, vol.68, n.3, pp.188-192. ISSN 0034-7531.

200 mistreated children who were seen at the "Juan Manual Márquez" Pediatric Teaching Hospital from December, 1990 to January, 1992, are presented. These patients were selected taking into consideration the abuse criteria. The main objective of this paper was to know how these criteria behave in our enviroment. According to the results, the most common form was the non-intentional type. The ingestion of toxic agents was the most frequent form of physical neglect within the non-intentional mistreatment, and it is the most usual among children under 5. Psychiatric disorders and alcoholism favor the intentional mistreatment, and the mother mistreats the most. Mortality due to this cause was not high (5 deaths), and the abuse risk criteria are useful for its identification.

Keywords : CHILD ABUSE [classification]; RISK FACTORS.