Sponsor
Grant Support: This work was supported in part by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, supplement to U01/HL-04-001 “Training Core – Resuscitation Research” and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Health Disparities Loan Repayment Program.
Published In
European Journal of Emergency Medicine
Document Type
Post-Print
Publication Date
1-1-2012
Subjects
Hospitals -- Emergency services, Spousal abuse, Intimate partner violence -- Treatment, Women -- Violence against
Abstract
Objective: There is little information about which intimate partner violence (IPV) policies and services assist in the identification of IPV in the emergency department (ED). The objective of this study was to examine the association between a variety of resources and documented IPV diagnoses. Methods: Using billing data assembled from 21 Oregon EDs from 2001 to 2005, we identified patients assigned a discharge diagnosis of IPV. We then surveyed ED directors and nurse managers to gain information about IPV-related policies and services offered by participating hospitals. We combined billing data, survey results and hospital-level variables. Multivariate analysis assessed the likelihood of receiving a diagnosis of IPV depending on the policies and services available. Results: In 754,597 adult female ED visits, IPV was diagnosed 1,929 times. Mandatory IPV screening and victim advocates were the most commonly available IPV resources. The diagnosis of IPV was independently associated with the use of a standardized intervention checklist (OR 1.71, 95% CI 1.04-2.82). Public displays regarding IPV were negatively associated with IPV diagnosis (OR 0.56, 95% CI 0.35-0.88). Conclusions: IPV remains a rare documented diagnosis. Most common hospital-level resources did not demonstrate an association with IPV diagnoses; however, a standardized intervention checklist may play a role in clinicians' likelihood diagnosing IPV.
DOI
10.1097/MEJ.0b013e328348a9f2
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/9408
Citation Details
Esther K.; Nicolaidis, Christina; Newgard, Craig D.; Hall, Michael K.; Lowe, Robert A.; McConnell, Michael Kennedy; McConnell, K. John, "Association between emergency department resources and diagnosis of intimate partner violence" European Journal of Emergency Medicine, 19(2):83-88, April 2012. DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e328348a9f2
Description
This is the author's final version. Published in final edited form as Eur J Emerg Med. 2012 April ; 19(2): 83-88. doi:10.1097/MEJ.0b013e328348a9f2.