Trial reportThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners2006
Increased awareness of intimate partner abuse after training: a randomised controlled trial.
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- Training healthcare providers to respond to intimate partner violence against women.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Effect of domestic violence training: systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2014Pooled it
- Continuing education meetings and workshops: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2009Pooled it
- Affecting patients with work-related problems by educational training of their GPs: a cost-effectiveness study.BMC family practice · 2019Trial
- Training GPs to improve their management of work-related problems: results of a cluster randomized controlled trial.The European journal of general practice · 2018Trial
- MOSAIC (MOthers' Advocates In the Community): protocol and sample description of a cluster randomised trial of mentor mother support to reduce intimate partner violence among pregnant or recent mothers.BMC public health · 2009Trial
- What deters GPs from talking about sexual assault? a qualitative interview study.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2025Article
- Tracking Interpersonal Violence: A 13-Year Review of Cases in a Referral Hospital (2009-2022).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- A Novel Intimate Partner Violence Curriculum for Internal Medicine Residents: Development, Implementation, and Evaluation.MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources · 2020Article
- Improving the healthcare response to domestic violence and abuse in UK primary care: interrupted time series evaluation of a system-level training and support programme.BMC medicine · 2020Article
- Intimate partner violence management and referral practices of primary care workers in a selected population in Turkey.Primary health care research & development · 2019Article
- Training on domestic violence and child safeguarding in general practice: a mixed method evaluation of a pilot intervention.BMC family practice · 2017Article
- Assessment of Musculoskeletal Injuries from Domestic Violence in the Emergency Department.Case reports in emergency medicine · 2015Article
- Strategies to promote uptake and use of intimate partner violence and child maltreatment knowledge: an integrative review.BMC public health · 2014Review
- Measuring the effectiveness of an intensive IPV training program offered to Greek general practitioners and residents of general practice.BMC medical education · 2013Article
- Domestic violence: knowledge, attitudes, and clinical practice of selected UK primary healthcare clinicians.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2012Article
- Nurses' preparedness to care for women exposed to Intimate Partner Violence: a quantitative study in primary health care.BMC nursing · 2012Article
- Implementing mentor mothers in family practice to support abused mothers: study protocol.BMC family practice · 2011Article
- How usual is usual care in pragmatic intervention studies in primary care? An overview of recent trials.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2010Article
- Are clinicians being prepared to care for abused women? A survey of health professional education in Ontario, Canada.BMC medical education · 2009Article
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Abstract
backgroundIntimate partner abuse is very common among female patients in family practice. In general, doctors overlook the possibility of partner abuse.
aimTo investigate whether awareness of intimate partner abuse, as well as active questioning, increase after attending focus group and training, or focus group only. DESIGN OF STUDY: Randomised controlled trial in a stratified sample.
settingFamily practices in Rotterdam and surrounding areas.
methodA full-training group (n = 23), a group attending focus group discussions alone (n = 14), and a control group (n = 17) were formed. Data were collected with incident reporting of every female patient (aged >18 years) that was suspected of, or presented, partner abuse during a period of 6 months. The primary outcome measure was the number of reported patients; the secondary outcome measure was the number of patients with whom the GP had non-obvious reasons to suspect/discuss abuse.
resultsComparison of the full-training group (n = 87 patients) versus the control group (n = 14 patients) resulted in a rate ratio of 4.54 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 2.55 to 8.09, P <0.001); the focus group only group (n = 30 cases) versus control group: rate ratio of 2.2 (95% CI = 1.14 to 4.26, P = 0.019); full-training versus the focus group only group: rate ratio of 2.19 (95% CI = 1.36 to 3.52, P = 0.001). Comparison of the fulltraining group with the untrained groups for awareness of partner abuse in case of non-obvious signs resulted in: odds ratio 5.92 (95% CI = 2.25 to 15.62, P <0.01) all corrected for sex, district, practice setting, working part/full-time, experience, and age of the doctor.
conclusionsTraining was the most significant determinant to improve awareness and identification of intimate partner abuse. Active questioning increased, especially where there were non-obvious signs. The focus group on its own doubled the awareness of partner abuse.
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