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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
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Information provided by: | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00122395 |
The purpose of this study is to compare the safety, acceptability and ease of the administration of two screening methods, a pen and paper questionnaire and an audiotape with headsets, for screening for intimate partner violence in a pediatric emergency department (ED).
Condition | Intervention |
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Domestic Violence |
Behavioral: Screening via pen and paper Behavioral: Screening via audiotape |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Prevention, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study |
Official Title: | A Randomized Clinical Trial Regarding the Acceptability of an Audiotape Questionnaire for Intimate Partner Violence Screening in a Pediatric ED |
Estimated Enrollment: | 500 |
Study Start Date: | January 2005 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | March 2005 |
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant health problem, affecting 2 - 4 million women each year. Over half of the homes in which women are abused contain children, with 3.3 - 10 million children witnessing IPV each year. In 1998, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued guidelines stating that “identifying and intervening on behalf of battered women may be one of the most effective means of preventing child abuse,” and recommending that pediatricians perform routine IPV screening. Because of the substantial number of families seen in the emergency department (ED), this setting could provide an important site in which to implement universal screening. Exactly how to implement screening in this busy environment is unclear. One possible approach involves the use of an audiotape with a headset with a prerecorded screening questionnaire that prompts the respondent to circle “yes” or “no” answers on an otherwise blank sheet of paper. This method of screening has the potential benefits of:
Comparison: Female caregivers in a pediatric ED will be randomized to answering domestic violence (DV) screening questions either via pen and paper or via audiotape. After answering these screening questions, all women will be asked standardized questions about the acceptability, safety and ease of use of the method to which they are randomized.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
United States, Pennsylvania | |
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Emergency Department | |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104 |
Principal Investigator: | Megan H Bair-Merritt | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
Principal Investigator: | Joel A Fein | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
Study ID Numbers: | 2004-5-3793 |
Study First Received: | July 20, 2005 |
Last Updated: | May 3, 2006 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00122395 History of Changes |
Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Domestic violence Screening Emergency department |
Emergencies |