Comparison of domestic violence screening methods: a pilot study

Annals of Emergency Medicine
P M FurbeeS J Derk

Abstract

Previous studies have indicated a number of barriers to screening for domestic violence (DV) in an emergency department setting. These barriers result in inconsistencies which determine who is screened as well as the content and quality of the information obtained, and if uncontrolled they are likely to affect measurements of DV incidence in ED populations. The objectives of this project were to design a screening tool that circumvented these barriers and sources of error; to assess whether such an alternative method of screening for DV was acceptable to our patients; and to determine whether the alternative and traditional methods of screening for DV would yield comparable results. Our hypotheses were that the alternative screening tool would be acceptable to our patients and that no significant differences would be found between the two methods. The study took place in a rural, university-affiliated ED with approximately 36,000 annual patient visits. The study population consisted of 186 women older than 18 years of age who were treated by one designated physician. Approximately half of these subjects were screened for DV in a face-to-face interview. The other half listened to a tape-recorded questionnaire and recorded their ...Continue Reading

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