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Computer-Assisted Screening for Intimate Partner Violence in Family Practice

This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.

Sponsors and Collaborators:	St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto 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

U.S. FDA Resources

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

Study ID Numbers:	AL-777601096-01, CIHR Fellowship: 17744, CIHR/OWHC Fellowship: 24050
First Received:	October 4, 2006
Last Updated:	April 21, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00385034
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 September 05, 2008