Citation

Coulthard P, Yong SL, Adamson L, Warburton A, Worthington HV, Esposito M, Sharif MO. Cochrane Database Syst. Rev. 2010; (12): CD004486.

Affiliation

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, The University of Manchester, Coupland III Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK, M13 9PL.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, The Cochrane Collaboration, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/14651858.CD004486.pub3

PMID

21154356

Abstract

There is no evidence from RCTs to support or refute that screening for domestic violence in adults with dental or facial injury is beneficial nor that it causes harm. Screening tools to detect domestic violence exist but no RCTs have specifically evaluated their effectiveness for patients presenting with facial and or dental injuries. There is also lack of evidence (from RCTs) that intervention programmes are effective at reducing frequency of physical assaults and at reducing the severity of facial injuries.

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