Using Radiology as a Screening Tool to Identify Intimate Partner Violence.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify imaging utilization patterns and radiologically evident injuries suggestive of intimate partner violence (IPV).

Methods

This retrospective case-control study analyzed historical imaging reports from women reporting physical IPV between 2013 and 2018 ("cases"; n = 265; 6,401 imaging studies) and age- and race-matched controls not reporting IPV (n = 875; 13,462 imaging studies). Adjusted incidence rate ratios (aIRRs) were calculated using Poisson regression to compare imaging utilization by organ system or modality. Logistic regression calculated adjusted odds ratios (aORs) for canceled studies and studies conducted in the emergency department (ED), overnight, or on weekends. Injury patterns were assessed by calculating aIRRs of injury by anatomic site an

SUBMITTER: Lenehan PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11887577 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature