Does screening in the emergency department hurt or help victims of intimate partner violence?

ABSTRACT:

Study objective

Recent systematic reviews have noted a lack of evidence that screening for intimate partner violence does more good than harm. We assess whether patients screened for intimate partner violence on a computer kiosk in the emergency department (ED) experienced any adverse events during or subsequent to the ED visit and whether computer kiosk identification and referral of intimate partner violence in the ED setting resulted in safety behaviors or contact with referrals.

Methods

We conducted a prospective, observational study in which a convenience sample of male and female ED patients triaged to the waiting room who screened positive (on a computer kiosk-based questionnaire) for intimate partner violence in the past year were provided with resources and informat

SUBMITTER: Houry D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2276575 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature