Does Routine Screening for Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Health Care Settings do More Good Than Harm?

NCT ID: NCT00182468

Last Updated: 2009-09-09

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

5681 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2005-04-30

Study Completion Date

2008-07-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of the research is to evaluate whether routine screening for woman abuse in health care settings, as compared to no screening, does more good than harm. Recent reviews have identified the need for high quality research to understand 1) the actual impact on all women of instituting mass screening procedures to identify woman abuse and 2) the extent to which early identification through screening is effective in preventing or ameliorating important outcomes. The main outcomes for the study are reduction in violence, improvement in life quality, and potential harms of screening. A number of secondary outcomes to help understand the process by which screening and usual care might lead to changes in the primary outcomes will also be assessed.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Intimate Partner Violence Against Women

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SCREENING

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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1

Women are screened for intimate partner violence prior to seeing a health care provider.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Screening for intimate partner violence

Intervention Type OTHER

Women are screened for intimate partner violence prior to seeing a health care provider.

2

Women see their health care provider without being asked about intimate partner violence.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Screening for intimate partner violence

Women are screened for intimate partner violence prior to seeing a health care provider.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Women aged 18-64 years
* Patients at the health care site
* Able to participate in English
* Able to separate from accompanying person(s)

Exclusion Criteria

* Too ill to participate
* Unable to separate from accompanying person(s)
* Unable to speak, read, or write English
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

64 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Echo: Improving Women's Health in Ontario (formerly Ontario Women's Health Council)

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

McMaster University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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McMaster University

Principal Investigators

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Harriet L MacMillan, MD, MSc

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

McMaster University

Locations

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Brantford Aboriginal Health Centre

Brantford, Ontario, Canada

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Joseph Brant Hospital

Burlington, Ontario, Canada

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Sudbury Family Physicians

Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

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Sudbury Brady Clinic

Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

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Sudbury District Health Unit

Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

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Hopital Regional de Sudbury Regional Hospital, Emergency Services

Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

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Grimsby Medical Associates

Grimsby, Ontario, Canada

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West Lincoln Memorial Hospital

Grimsby, Ontario, Canada

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St. Joseph's Centre for Ambulatory Health Services

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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Rosedale Medical Group

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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North Hamilton Community Health Centre

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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Aboriginal Health Centre

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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McMaster University Medical Centre

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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Hamilton Urban Core Community Health Centre

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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City of Hamilton Public Health and Community Services Department

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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West End Clinic

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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HART Clinic

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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Victoria Hospital

London, Ontario, Canada

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St. Joseph's Health Care - Women's Ambulatory Health Centre

London, Ontario, Canada

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St. Joseph's Urgent Care

London, Ontario, Canada

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University Hospital

London, Ontario, Canada

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London Family Practice - Dr. Bhayana

London, Ontario, Canada

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St. Joseph's Family Medical & Dental Centre

London, Ontario, Canada

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Willett Hospital Urgent Care

Paris, Ontario, Canada

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Niagara Health Prompt Care

St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

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Mt. Sinai Hospital, Obstetrics & Gynecology Clinic

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Mt. Sinai Hospital

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Central Toronto Community Health Centre

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Countries

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Canada

References

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MacMillan HL, Wathen CN, Jamieson E, Boyle MH, Shannon HS, Ford-Gilboe M, Worster A, Lent B, Coben JH, Campbell JC, McNutt LA; McMaster Violence Against Women Research Group. Screening for intimate partner violence in health care settings: a randomized trial. JAMA. 2009 Aug 5;302(5):493-501. doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1089.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 19654384 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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MacMillan_VAW_RCT

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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