Testing Methods of Screening for Woman Abuse in Health Care Settings.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Domestic Violence

• Registration Number: NCT00336297
• Lead Sponsor: Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation

Brief Summary

Recent reviews have identified the need for additional high quality exploratory and evaluative research to understand 1) the actual impact on all women of instituting mass screening procedures versus using indicator-based approaches to identifying woman abuse and 2) the extent to which early identification through screening -- either universal or indicator-based is effective in preventing or ameliorating important outcomes. This is a critical first step in developing a larger randomized controlled trial (RCT) which examines the effectiveness of screening in preventing woman abuse, improving quality of life and other associated outcomes. This study prepares for the RCT by testing the optimal method of administration for the two screening instruments that will be used in the RCT. The administration formats are: computer-based screen, paper and pencil screen and face-to-face screen. They study will also determine recruitment rates.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2004-05
• Status Verified: 2005-02
• Study Completion: 2005-02
• Study First Submitted: 2006-06-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2006-06-09
• Study First Posted: 2006-06-13
• Last Update Submitted: 2006-11-28
• Last Update Posted: 2006-11-29

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 2000

Inclusion Criteria

• Women aged 18-64 years
• Patients at the health care site
• Able to participate in English
• Able to separate from accompanying person(s)

Exclusion Criteria

• Too ill to participate
• Unable to separate from accompanying person(s)
• Unable to speak, read, or write English

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
disclosure rates for past year exposure to intimate partner violence

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
participant satisfaction with completing the instruments
missing data

Trial Locations

Locations (7)

Carlisle Medical Centre; 🇨🇦 Carlisle, Ontario, Canada

Hamilton Health Sciences Colposcopy Clinic; 🇨🇦 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

London Health Sciences - Victoria Hospital Clinic 5A; 🇨🇦 London, Ontario, Canada

Victoria Family Medical Centre; 🇨🇦 London, Ontario, Canada

Cambridge Memorial Hospital - Emergency Department; 🇨🇦 Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

City of Hamilton Public Health and Community Services Department; 🇨🇦 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Norfolk General Hospital - Emergency Department; 🇨🇦 Simcoe, Ontario, Canada