Trial reportAnnals of family medicine
Randomized comparison of 3 methods to screen for domestic violence in family practice.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 79 citations in OpenAlex.
- Screening women for intimate partner violence in healthcare settings.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Intimate partner violence screening tools: a systematic review.American journal of preventive medicine · 2009Pooled it
- Self-administered questionnaire versus interview as a screening method for intimate partner violence in the prenatal setting in Japan: a randomised controlled trial.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2010Trial
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- Feasibility of Screening Programs for Domestic Violence in Pediatric and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: A Literature Review.Brain sciences · 2022Review
- Design and Development of a Suite of Intimate Partner Violence Screening and Safety Planning Web Apps: User-Centered Approach.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Review
- Correlates of psychological intimate partner violence with HIV care outcomes on patients in HIV care.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Screening for intimate partner violence in healthcare settings: An implementation-oriented systematic review.Implementation research and practice · 2021Article
- Change in Health-Related Socioeconomic Risk Factors and Mental Health During the Early Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Survey of U.S. Women.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2021Article
- Neo-Hippocratic healthcare policies: professional or industrial healthcare delivery? A choice for doctors, patients, and their organisations.BMC health services research · 2020Article
- Are pregnant women also vulnerable to domestic violence? A community based enquiry for prevalence and predictors of domestic violence among pregnant women.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2019Article
- Structural Vulnerability: Operationalizing the Concept to Address Health Disparities in Clinical Care.Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges · 2017Article
- A Scoping Review of Intimate Partner Violence Screening Programs for Health Care Professionals.PloS one · 2016Article
- Clinical utility of an intimate partner violence screening tool for female VHA patients.Journal of general internal medicine · 2013Article
- PRevalence of Abuse and Intimate Partner Violence Surgical Evaluation (P.R.A.I.S.E.): rationale and design of a multi-center cross-sectional study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2010Article
- Birth Outcomes in Relation to Intimate Partner Violence.Journal of the National Medical AssociationArticle
- Understanding intimate partner violence and its correlates.Industrial psychiatry journalArticle
- Mental health, demographic, and risk behavior profiles of pregnant survivors of childhood and adult abuse.Journal of midwifery & women's healthArticle
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
purposeWe undertook a study to compare 3 ways of administering brief domestic violence screening questionnaires: self-administered questionnaire, medical staff interview, and physician interview.
methodsWe conducted a randomized trial of 3 screening protocols for domestic violence in 4 urban family medicine practices with mostly minority patients. We randomly assigned 523 female patients, aged 18 years or older and currently involved with a partner, to 1 of 3 screening protocols. Each included 2 brief screening tools: HITS and WAST-Short. Outcome measures were domestic violence disclosure, patient and clinician comfort with the screening, and time spent screening.
resultsOverall prevalence of domestic violence was 14%. Most patients (93.4%) and clinicians (84.5%) were comfortable with the screening questions and method of administering them. Average time spent screening was 4.4 minutes. Disclosure rates, patient and clinician comfort with screening, and time spent screening were similar among the 3 protocols. In addition, WAST-Short was validated in this sample of minority women by comparison with HITS and with the 8-item WAST.
conclusionsDomestic violence is common, and we found that most patients and clinicians are comfortable with domestic violence screening in urban family medicine settings. Patient self-administered domestic violence screening is as effective as clinician interview in terms of disclosure, comfort, and time spent screening.
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