Computer-Assisted Screening for Intimate Partner Violence in Family Practice

This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.

First Received: October 4, 2006 Last Updated: April 21, 2008 History of Changes

Sponsor:	St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto
Collaborators:	University of Toronto Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Information provided by:	St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00385034

Purpose

This study tested the effectiveness of computer-assisted screening for identifying patients at risk of intimate partner violence (IPV) in a Canadian family practice. It was hypothesized that the use of computer-assisted screening among female patients would lead to higher rates of IPV discussion-opportunity and IPV detection during medical consultations, compared to patients receiving standard medical care.

Condition	Intervention
Screening for Partner Violence	Device: Interactive computer based health-risk survey before doctor's visit

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Screening, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title:	Computer-Assisted Screening for Intimate Partner Violence in Family Practice - a Randomized Controlled Trial

Further study details as provided by St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Discussion-opportunity about risk of partner abuse during physician-patient medical encounter (audiotaped data)
Detection of partner abuse during physician-patient medical encounter (audio taped data)

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Patient acceptance of the computer-assisted screening(paper-pencil exit survey)

Estimated Enrollment:	280
Study Start Date:	March 2005
Estimated Study Completion Date:	June 2008

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:	Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

woman
at least 18 years of age
visiting one of the participant physicians
in a current or recent intimate relationship during the last 12 months
having the ability to speak and read English and give consent

Exclusion Criteria:

visiting a provider other than the regular family physician
new patient
previously approached for the study
very sick
had a dual appointment (herself and accompanied dependent)

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00385034

Locations

Canada, Ontario
St. Michael's Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5B 1W8

Sponsors and Collaborators

St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto

University of Toronto

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Investigators

Principal Investigator:	Wendy Levinson, MD, FRCPC	St. Michael's Hospital and University of Toronto
Principal Investigator:	Farah Ahmad, PhD(student)	St. Michael's Hospital and University of Toronto

More Information

No publications provided by St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto

Additional publications automatically indexed to this study by National Clinical Trials Identifier (NCT ID):

Ahmad F, Hogg-Johnson S, Stewart DE, Skinner HA, Glazier RH, Levinson W. Computer-assisted screening for intimate partner violence and control: a randomized trial. Ann Intern Med. 2009 Jul 21;151(2):93-102. Epub 2009 Jun 1.

Study ID Numbers:	AL-777601096-01, CIHR Fellowship: 17744, CIHR/OWHC Fellowship: 24050
Study First Received:	October 4, 2006
Last Updated:	April 21, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00385034 History of Changes
Health Authority:	Canada: Health Canada

Keywords provided by St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto:

randomized controlled trial
RCT
partner violence
IPV

screening
family practice
computer

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on February 08, 2010