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ArticleCanadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien2007

Violence involving intimate partners: prevalence in Canadian family practice.

Farah Ahmad, Sheilah Hogg-Johnson, Donna E Stewart, Wendy Levinson

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Article in Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Farah AhmadCentre for Research on Inner City Health at 70 Richmond, St Michael's Hospital, 30 Bond St, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8.
Sheilah Hogg-Johnson
Donna E Stewart
Wendy Levinson
St Michael's Hospital · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo investigate the prevalence of violence involving intimate partners among women visiting Canadian family practices and to assess participants' attitudes toward future use of computer-assisted screening for violence and other health risks.

designSelf-report via written survey.

settingGroup family practice clinic in inner-city Toronto, Ont.

participantsWomen patients at least 18 years old who were fluent in English.

main outcome measuresResponses to questions about violence selected from the Abuse Assessment Screen and the Partner Violence Screen. Participants' attitudes toward computer-assisted screening as measured by the Computerized Lifestyle Assessment Scale (1 to 5) in the domains of benefits, privacy-barriers, interaction-barriers, and interest.

resultsResponses were received from 202 patients, 144 of whom were in current or recent relationships and completed the section on intimate-partner violence (IPV). The overall prevalence of IPV in current or recent relationships was 14.6%. Emotional abuse was reported by 10.4%, threat of violence by 8.3%, and physical or sexual violence by 7.6% of respondents. Emotional abuse was significantly associated with threat of violence and physical or sexual violence (P < or = .001). Analysis of responses to questions on computerized screening revealed that participants generally perceived it would have benefits (mean score 3.6) and were very interested in it (mean score 4.3). Those who reported experiencing IPV rated the benefits of computerized screening significantly higher than respondents without IPV experiences did (t 2.3, df 142, P < .05). Participants were "not sure" about barriers (mean score 3.0). Responses were similar in the 2 groups for the domains of interest, privacy-barriers, and interaction-barriers.

conclusionThe high rate of IPV reported by women attending family practices calls for physicians to be vigilant. Future research should examine ways to facilitate physicians' inquiry into IPV. The positive attitudes of our participants toward interactive computer-assisted screening indicates a need for more research in this area.

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PMCPMC1949081
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