@article{ref1,
title="Identification of physician and patient attributes that influence the likelihood of screening for intimate partner violence",
journal="Academic medicine",
year="2003",
author="Jonassen, Julie A. and Mazor, Kathleen M.",
volume="78",
number="10 Suppl",
pages="S20-3",
abstract="PURPOSE: Effective assessment of intimate partner violence (IPV) demands that everyone at risk be screened. To identify potential barriers, paper-and-pencil case scenarios identified possible practitioner and patient attributes that influence IPV screening. METHOD: First-year residents responded to one of four short written scenarios describing a divorced female patient with nonlocalized abdominal pain; variables were patient's age and abdominal bruising. Residents rated their likelihood of screening for IPV and seven other screening tasks and self-assessed their competence in performing each task. Regression analyses assessed the influence of resident and patient characteristics on screening likelihood. RESULTS: Patient bruising, younger patient age, and resident self-assessed competence best predicted IPV screening. Men were less likely than women to screen for IPV. CONCLUSIONS: Although most physicians receive training on IPV in medical school, barriers to IPV screening still exist. Identifying obstacles to IPV risk-assessment is an essential prerequisite for improving educational programs that promote routine IPV screening.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1040-2446",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}