PMID: 11904261Mar 21, 2002Paper

Acceptability of asking patients about violence in accident and emergency

Emergency Medicine Journal : EMJ
A HoweR Fairhurst

Abstract

To assess the acceptability to patients attending accident and emergency (A&E) of routine questioning about violence. A questionnaire survey (15 questions; 5 point Likert scale) was distributed to a representative sample of all adult patients attending a district general hospital A&E department, Lancashire, England over a seven day period. 303 questionnaires were distributed and 281 returned questionnaires were available for analysis. Some 67% (95%CI 60% to 74%) of patients agreed that people attending A&E should routinely be asked about whether they have been assaulted. Altogether 89% (95%CI 85% to 93%) thought that health care staff should encourage victims of abuse or violence to inform the police, while 74% (95%CI 68% to 80%) thought that health care staff should routinely inform the police. While only 45% (95%CI 36% to 54%) of patients thought that people who had been assaulted would be likely to tell if asked, 81% (95%CI 76% to 86%) thought that if they themselves were victims they would tell if asked directly. Patients attending A&E departments support routine questioning by doctors and nurses about violence. They also support health professionals routinely informing the police in cases of violence. Further research is r...Continue Reading

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