Citation

Paranjape A, Rask K, Liebschutz J. J. Natl. Med. Assoc. 2006; 98(10): 1663-1669.

Affiliation

Division of General Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, GA, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, National Medical Association (USA))

DOI

unavailable

PMID

17052059

PMCID

PMC2569753

Abstract

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an important issue with far-reaching health consequences. This study investigates the utility of STaT, a three-question IPV screening tool, for recent IPV identification in a sample of adult women in an innercity urgent care clinic. STaT score was calculated as the total number of affirmative responses to the three questions. Efficacy of STaT as an IPV screen was estimated by computing the sensitivity and specificity at possible cut points, based on participant's STaT score, and using Index of Spouse Abuse scores as a comparison standard. The sensitivities of STaT were 94.9%, 84.8% and 62% with the cut points set at scores of 1, 2 and 3, respectively. Thus, with the criterion for a positive screen set at a cut-point score of 1, STaT can be used to facilitate the identification of abused women in busy public healthcare settings.

Language: en