TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - Screening for abuse in Spanish-speaking women
JO  - Journal of the American Board of Family Practice
A1  - Fogarty, Colleen T.
A1  - Brown, Judith Belle
SP  - 101
EP  - 111
VL  - 15
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0893-8652
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -