title: Screening for intimate partner violence using an audiotape questionnaire: a randomized clinical trial in a pediatric emergency department.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare women's acceptability ratings of 2 different intimate partner violence screening methods, an audiotape questionnaire and a written questionnaire, in a pediatric emergency department.
  
  
  METHODS
  Randomized clinical trial.
  
  
  METHODS
  An urban, pediatric, tertiary care center emergency department.
  
  
  METHODS
  Female caregivers of children.
  
  
  METHODS
  Intimate partner violence screening by either an audiotape or written questionnaire method.
  
  
  METHODS
  Perceptions of each screening method's safety, acceptability, and ease of use.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifty (10%) of 497 participants reported intimate partner violence, 30 (11%) of 266 in the audiotape group and 20 (9%) of 231 in the written questionnaire group (P = .30). Women in the audiotape group were significantly more likely to report that the audiotape method did not put them at risk and was private. Women in both groups were satisfied with their screening method and were willing to use it again. Women in both groups preferred their given method over the idea of direct emergency department provider screening.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Screening for intimate partner violence with an audiotape method appears to have several advantages compared with screening by a written questionnaire, and the audiotape method may be associated with slightly higher rates of disclosing intimate partner violence.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00122395.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Generalist Research Group, Division of General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. merritt@email.chop.edu
authors.forename: Megan H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Bair-Merritt
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Feudtner
authors.forename: Cynthia J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Mollen
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Winters
authors.forename: Mercedes
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Blackstone
authors.forename: Joel A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Fein
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D030881:Disclosure; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D002666:Psychology, Child; D012449:Safety; D012747:Sexual Partners / Q000523:psychology*; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013637:Tape Recording; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data