Electronic Pre-visit Questionnaire to Prompt Discussions of Youth Violence in Primary Care

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Exposure to Violent Event; Bullying
• Interventions: Behavioral: Pre-Visit Questionnaire

• Registration Number: NCT02041182
• Lead Sponsor: Rhode Island Hospital

Brief Summary

Pediatricians are supposed to talk about youth violence at all heath supervision visits, however these types of conversations rarely occur. There have been no studies assessing tools to prompt these discussions. The goal of this study is to see if electronic pre-visit questionnaires (PVQs) prompt patient-provider discussion of youth violence (YV) in the primary care setting. Additionally, patient-provider characteristics are explored as mediators to youth violence discussions, as well as feasibility and acceptability of the PVQ by patients and providers.

Adolescents ages 13 to 21 who come to the Hasbro Primary Care Clinics for annual physicals will be recruited. A baseline phase was conducted to look at how often providers ask about health-related teen behaviors, assessed by exit survey. The experimental period will involve adolescents completing health-related behavior PVQ, given to their doctor prior to the visit. Exit survey will assess topics discussed. Experimental group will differ from control group based on PVQ containing extra questions about youth violence.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-10
• Status Verified: 2014-01
• Study First Submitted: 2014-01-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-01-17
• Study First Posted: 2014-01-20
• Primary Completion: 2014-02
• Study Completion: 2014-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-08-19
• Last Update Posted: 2014-08-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 183

Inclusion Criteria

• adolescents ages 13-21
• presenting for annual physical exam
• provider is general pediatrician (micro-practice 1-8)
• parent present for consent (if under 18 years old)

Exclusion Criteria

• non-English speaking
• developmental/neurologic delay
• no parent (if under 18 years old)
• presenting for sick visit or specialty clinic

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention Pre-visit Questionnaire	Pre-Visit Questionnaire	Adolescents receive PVQ that includes questions about youth violence/bullying
Control Pre-visit Questionnaire	Pre-Visit Questionnaire	Adolescents received PVQ without youth violence/bullying items

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of patient-reported patient-provider discussions about youth violence	One time point (single day)	The intervention is implemented immediately prior to the primary care visit; the outcome is measured directly following the visit by exit survey

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hasbro Primary Care Clinics; 🇺🇸 Providence, Rhode Island, United States