Using indirect questions to detect intimate partner violence: the SAFE-T questionnaire.  

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Tyler, Jillian J. ; Fulfer, Jamie L. ; Choi, Natalie J. S. ; Young, Jill A. ; Verhulst, Steven J. ; Kovach, Regina ; Dorsey, J. Kevin

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Interpersonal Violence vol. 22 no. 2 (Feb. 2007), page 238.
Topik: Screening Intimate Partner Violence; Emergency Department Women
Fulltext: 238.pdf (87.19KB)

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A screening instrument for detecting intimate partner violence (IPV) was developed using indirect questions. The authors identified 5 of 18 items studied that clearly distinguished victims of IPV from a random group of health conference attendees with a sensitivity of 85% and a specificity of 87%. This 5-item instrument (SAFE-T) was then tested on 435 women presenting to three emergency departments and the results compared to a direct question regarding current abuse. The SAFE-T questions detected only 54% of the women who admitted being abused and correctly classified 81% of the women who said they were not victims. The 1-year prevalence of IPV in this sample of women presenting to an emergency department was 11.6%. The authors conclude that indirect questioning of women appears to be more effective at ruling out IPV in an emergency department population and may be less useful for women “early” in an abusive relationship.

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