Identification of abuse in emergency departments: Effectiveness of a two-question screening tool

McFarlane, Judith; Greenberg, Lyn R.; Weltge, Arlo; Watson, M.

doi:10.1016/s0099-1767(05)80103-5

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“…16,20 Using a series of 2 to 3 contextualized, violence-specific questions (often derived from the CTS), these studies report promising results for brief and effective screening of intimate partner violence. Feldhaus et al 16 administered a 3-question partner violence screen (PVS) against 2 detailed standard violence measures, the Index of Spouse Abuse (ISA) 21 and the CTS, in hospitalbased emergency departments.…”

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Screening for Intimate Partner Violence in a Primary Care Setting: The Validity of "Feeling Safe at Home" and Prevalence Results

Peralta

Fleming

2003

The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

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Background: We conducted a study to assess the validity of a screening question commonly used to detect intimate partner violence (IPV) in primary care settings. We also analyzed prevalence and risk factors of IPV.Methods: We used an embedded domestic violence detection instrument in a general health questionnaire at one family medicine clinic. Questionnaire scales included a modified version of the Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS), depression and alcohol use scales, and a personal safety question ("Do you feel safe at home?"). We assessed the sensitivity, specificity, and predictive value of the personal safety question in our sample using responses to the modified CTS and the personal safety question. Three hundred ninety-nine female patients over the age of 18 completed the survey.

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Screening for Intimate Partner Violence in a Primary Care Setting: The Validity of "Feeling Safe at Home" and Prevalence Results

Peralta

Fleming

2003

The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

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“…These items included 6 questions from the Severity of Violence Against Women Scale (SVAWS), 15 2 questions from the Abuse Assessment Scale, 16 and 2 questions from another screening instrument validated in emergency departments. 2 The last 4 questions were also used to determine past experiences with IPV.…”

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Abused Women Disclose Partner Interference with Health Care: An Unrecognized Form of Battering

McCloskey

Williams²,

Lichter

et al. 2007

J GEN INTERN MED

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“…Although many concerned providers, researchers, and professional organizations have developed policies and procedures to identify victims of domestic violence, [17][18][19][28][29][30] actual implementation and execution of domestic violence screening protocols are far from universal. 31 This study explored factors associated with poor adherence to universal domestic violence screening policy and tested the ability of an administrative intervention to overcome these factors.…”

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“…Much research recognizes provider challenges to screening, including time constraints, discomfort with domestic violence, expected futility of intervention, and perceived victim responsibility. [9][10][11][12][13][14] Epidemiologic data also support the importance of health care provider screening, [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] but few reports have been published on interventions that seek to improve screening policy adherence in the health care setting. 23,24 The objective of this study was to extend previous research on barriers to domestic violence screening and to measure the effect of a novel administrative intervention on overcoming these barriers in an emergency department setting.…”

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Effect of an administrative intervention on rates of screening for domestic violence in an urban emergency department

Larkin

Rolniak²,

Hyman³

et al. 2000

Am J Public Health

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Objectives. This study measured the effects of an administrative intervention on health care provider compliance with universal domestic violence screening protocols.Methods. We used a simple, interrupted-time-series design in a stratified random sample of female emergency department patients 18 years or older (n=1638 preintervention, n=1617 postintervention). The intervention was a 4-tiered hospital-approved disciplinary action, and the primary outcome was screening compliance.Results. Preintervention and postintervention screening rates were 29.5% and 72.8%, respectively. Before the intervention, screening was worse on the night shift (odds ratio [OR] = 0.46, 95% confidence interval [CI]=0.31, 0.68) and with psychiatric patients (OR = 0.34, 95% CI = 0.14, 0.85); after the intervention, no previous screening barriers remained significant.Conclusions. An administrative intervention significantly enhanced compliance with universal domestic violence

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Identification of abuse in emergency departments: Effectiveness of a two-question screening tool

Cited by 81 publications

References 8 publications

Screening for Intimate Partner Violence in a Primary Care Setting: The Validity of "Feeling Safe at Home" and Prevalence Results

Screening for Intimate Partner Violence in a Primary Care Setting: The Validity of "Feeling Safe at Home" and Prevalence Results

Abused Women Disclose Partner Interference with Health Care: An Unrecognized Form of Battering

Effect of an administrative intervention on rates of screening for domestic violence in an urban emergency department

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