title: Gay Abuse Screening Protocol (GASP): screening for abuse in gay male relationships.
abstract: Thirty-two male patients in gay relationships and eight family physicians were recruited from a family practice in order to determine comfort with an eight-question Gay Abuse Screening Protocol (GASP). The GASP was administered during a typical clinical encounter. After the encounter, physicians and patients each completed a 5-point Likert Scale questionnaire to assess their comfort levels with each of the 8 GASP questions (Likert Scale: 1 = not at all comfortable to 5 = very comfortable). The mean comfort score was high (Likert >4) for both patients (4.16 +/- 0.18) and physicians (4.71 +/- 0.18). However, mean comfort scores were significantly lower for abused patients (3.26 +/- 0.75) than nonabused patients (4.57 +/- 0.26). Patients were comfortable (Likert >3) with 76.2% of GASP items while physicians were comfortable with all GASP items.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cavacuiti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires