Prevalence of medically induced psychological trauma and its influence on women's health.

Objective: The aim of the present study was three-fold. One, to assess the prevalence of medical traumatization in outpatients of a gynecologic department; two, to analyze the relationship of medical traumatization with adverse childhood events; and three, to investigate the extent to which medical traumatization affects the health outcomes of woman.

Methods: Between January and September 2022, a prospective cross-sectional study recruited patients of a gynecologic outpatient clinic at St.