Mental Health Symptoms and Intimate Partner Violence

Depression Clinical Trial

Official title:

Mental Health Symptoms and Intimate Partner Violence

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00166075
• Other study ID #: 0304-2003a
• Secondary ID: 5K23069375
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 12, 2005
• Last updated: December 12, 2013
• Start date: January 2004
• Est. completion date: December 2007

Study information

• Verified date: December 2013
• Source: Emory University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Using a touch screen computer, the researchers are screening emergency department patients for intimate partner violence and mental health issues.

Description:

Using a touch screen computer, the researchers are screening emergency department patients for intimate partner violence and mental health issues. The researchers are looking to see if those who participate in a computer screen and are given referral lists as well as having the computer printout placed on the physician clipboard, will increase physician awareness and recognition as well as patient use of resources compared to usual care.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 569
• Est. completion date: December 2007
• Est. primary completion date: December 2006
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 35 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Female patients between the ages of 18-55 who present to the waiting room of the emergency department during study time periods

Exclusion Criteria:

• Psychotic

• Acutely intoxicated

• Too ill to participate

• Unable to read

• Not English speaking

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Depression
• Domestic Violence
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
• Stress Disorders, Traumatic

Intervention

Procedure:
• Computer screen with community resource printout
Patients participated in the screening process via a computer kiosk. Questions regarding IPV and mental health symptoms were asked using validated tools

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Grady Memorial Hospital	Atlanta	Georgia

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Emory University	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (1)

Houry D, Kemball R, Rhodes KV, Kaslow NJ. Intimate partner violence and mental health symptoms in African American female ED patients. Am J Emerg Med. 2006 Jul;24(4):444-50. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Increased levels of PTSD
Primary	Increased levels of suicidality
Primary	Increased levels of depression