@article{ref1,
title="A brief two-item screener for detecting a history of physical or sexual abuse in childhood",
journal="General hospital psychiatry",
year="2007",
author="Thombs, Brett D. and Bernstein, David P. and Ziegelstein, Roy C. and Bennett, Wendy and Walker, E. A.",
volume="29",
number="1",
pages="8-13",
abstract="BACKGROUND: A number of medical practice guidelines and recommendations call for screening adult patients for a history of physical or sexual abuse in childhood, but no brief screening tools exist. The objective of this study was to assess the accuracy of a two-item screener for physical or sexual abuse in childhood. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study of randomly selected women (aged 18-65 years) from a large health maintenance organization. One thousand two hundred twenty-five patients were administered a questionnaire, which included two items in a brief screener: (a) &quot;When I was growing up, people in my family hit me so hard that it left me with bruises or marks&quot; and (b) &quot;When I was growing up, someone tried to touch me in a sexual way or tried to make me touch them.&quot; A subset of 216 patients completed a semistructured interview for a history of physical or sexual abuse in childhood. RESULTS: The two-item screener was sensitive (84.8%) and specific (88.1%) for detecting a history of physical or sexual abuse in childhood, as determined by the semistructured interview. CONCLUSIONS: The two-item screener provides an accurate tool, which is easily integrated into a comprehensive health questionnaire or administered verbally by a clinician, to assess for history of abuse.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0163-8343",
doi="10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2006.10.013",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2006.10.013"
}