Computer-assisted Screening for Intimate Partner Violence in Family Practice

November 16, 2015 updated by: Unity Health Toronto

Computer-assisted Screening for Intimate Partner Violence in Family Practice - a Randomized Controlled Trial

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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment

280

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Canada
    • Ontario
      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5B 1W8
        • St. Michael's Hospital

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

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)

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Screening
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
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

Outcome Measure
Patient acceptance of the computer-assisted screening(paper-pencil exit survey)

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Unity Health Toronto

Collaborators

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
University of Toronto

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

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

March 1, 2005

Primary Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2005

Study Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2005

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 4, 2006

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 4, 2006

First Posted (Estimate)

October 6, 2006

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

November 17, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 16, 2015

Last Verified

November 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • AL-777601096-01
  • CIHR Fellowship: 17744
  • CIHR/OWHC Fellowship: 24050

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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