Didn't put a label on it: Examining intimate partner strangulation within a diagnostic framework.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The aim was to examine and describe women's emergency department visits and care-seeking experiences, including recognition, evaluation and communication of symptoms, injuries and health risks after non-fatal intimate partner strangulation.

Design

Using a diagnostic process framework, this mixed-methods study explores concordance and discordance of interview and medical records data to highlight opportunities for clinical diagnostic improvement.

Methods

In-depth, semi-structured interviews with women after an emergency department visit for non-fatal intimate partner strangulation, concurrent with medical records reviews, were conducted between March 2018 and January 2019. A constant comparative approach was used to analyse interview and medical record data using

SUBMITTER: Patch M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9922028 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature