Trial Regarding the Acceptability of Audiotape Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Screening

Domestic Violence Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Randomized Clinical Trial Regarding the Acceptability of an Audiotape Questionnaire for Intimate Partner Violence Screening in a Pediatric ED

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00122395
• Other study ID #: 2004-5-3793
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 20, 2005
• Last updated: May 3, 2006
• Start date: January 2005
• Est. completion date: March 2005

Study information

• Verified date: July 2005
• Source: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the safety, acceptability and ease of the administration of two screening methods, a pen and paper questionnaire and an audiotape with headsets, for screening for intimate partner violence in a pediatric emergency department (ED).

Description:

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant health problem, affecting 2 - 4 million women each year. Over half of the homes in which women are abused contain children, with 3.3

• 10 million children witnessing IPV each year. In 1998, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued guidelines stating that “identifying and intervening on behalf of battered women may be one of the most effective means of preventing child abuse,” and recommending that pediatricians perform routine IPV screening. Because of the substantial number of families seen in the emergency department (ED), this setting could provide an important site in which to implement universal screening. Exactly how to implement screening in this busy environment is unclear. One possible approach involves the use of an audiotape with a headset with a prerecorded screening questionnaire that prompts the respondent to circle “yes” or “no” answers on an otherwise blank sheet of paper. This method of screening has the potential benefits of:

• Providing a more private method of screening;

• Improving screening of women who cannot read well;

• Enhancing the rate of screening by removing the burden of screening from providers.

Comparison: Female caregivers in a pediatric ED will be randomized to answering domestic violence (DV) screening questions either via pen and paper or via audiotape. After answering these screening questions, all women will be asked standardized questions about the acceptability, safety and ease of use of the method to which they are randomized.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 500
• Est. completion date: March 2005
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Older than 18 or an emancipated minor

Exclusion Criteria:

• Child undergoing acute resuscitation

• Other adults in the room

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Domestic Violence

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Screening via pen and paper

• Screening via audiotape

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Emergency Department	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (1)

Bair-Merritt MH, Feudtner C, Mollen CJ, Winters S, Blackstone M, Fein JA. Screening for intimate partner violence using an audiotape questionnaire: a randomized clinical trial in a pediatric emergency department. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2006 Mar;160(3): — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Acceptability, perceived safety and ease of administration of each survey method
Secondary	Disclosure of domestic violence