Electronic Health Record-Based Screening for Intimate Partner Violence: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant public health issue, with a 25% lifetime prevalence. Screening for IPV in primary care is a recommended practice whose effectiveness is debated.

Objective

To assess the effect of an electronic health record (EHR)-based multifactorial intervention screening on the detection of IPV risk in primary care practice.

Design, setting, and participants

This cluster randomized clinical trial used a stepped-wedge design to assign 15 family medicine primary care clinics in the Medical University of South Carolina Health System in the Charleston region to 3 matched blocks from October 6, 2020, to March 31, 2023. All women aged 18 to 49 years who were seen in these clinics participated in this study.

Intervention

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SUBMITTER: Lenert L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11294960 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature