TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - The clinical and radiological examination of acute intimate partner violence injuries: a retrospective analysis of an Italian cohort of women
JO  - Violence and victims
A1  - Matteoli, Marco
A1  - Piacentino, Daria
A1  - Kotzalidis, Georgios D.
A1  - Serata, Daniele
A1  - Rapinesi, Chiara
A1  - Angeletti, Gloria
A1  - Rossi, Michele
A1  - David, Vincenzo
A1  - De Dominicis, Chiara
SP  - 85
EP  - 102
VL  - 31
IS  - 1
N2  - BACKGROUND: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is the most frequent type of violence against women. We compared clinical and radiological IPV characteristics to stranger assault (SA). <br><br>METHODS: We retrospectively identified 123 women with IPV from court reports and matched them to 124 SA. Clinical and radiological characteristics were evaluated by testing their sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value for IPV, and the strength of their association with IPV. <br><br>RESULTS: IPV women referred with more delay to the emergency department (ED), had more ED accesses, and showed more mismatch between reports to the triage and disclosures to the ED physician. They also displayed more head, neck, and face injuries, and new-plus-old fractures. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The identification of specific features may help ED physicians to suspect IPV.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0886-6708
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-14-00107
ID  - ref1
ER  -