@article{ref1,
title="Screening for abuse in Spanish-speaking women",
journal="Journal of the American Board of Family Practice",
year="2002",
author="Fogarty, Colleen T. and Brown, Judith Belle",
volume="15",
number="2",
pages="101-111",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Domestic violence is a major personal and public health concern affecting women of all walks of life. Physicians have reported the need for screening instruments to help recognize abuse; several have been validated in English. No screening tools thus far have been validated in other languages. METHODS: We translated a previously validated tool, the Woman Abuse Screening Tool (WAST), into Spanish. To assess for validity, we compared responses of Spanish-speaking abused and nonabused respondents drawn from a community health center and a battered women's shelter. There were 27 women in the abused group and 34 women in the nonabused comparison group. RESULTS: The scale was found to be reliable with a Cronbach alpha of 0.91. The mean WAST Spanish scores were significantly different between the two groups, indicating this tool would be a valid screening instrument. A short form using the two most reliable questions was developed as a more rapid screening tool for office use, achieving a specificity of 94% and a sensitivity of 89%. CONCLUSIONS: The Spanish version of the WAST successfully discriminated between Spanish-speaking nonabused and abused women. The short form might help physicians reliably screen for abuse in Spanish-speaking women.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0893-8652",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}