对比不同的查方法来识别亲密伴侣暴力:一个随机对照试验
Phyllis Sharps1, Linda Bullock2, Nancy Perrin1
1Community and Public Health, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)
|January 24, 2024
概括
在家访期间对亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 的纸笔和平板电脑查进行比较时,发现患病率没有显著差异. 这两种方法都有效地识别了孕妇的IPV,支持它们在围产期护理中的使用.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 生殖健康 生殖健康
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 在家访期间对亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 的查提出了隐私挑战.
- 有效识别IPV对于母亲和儿童的福祉至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较纸笔与平板电脑查的有效性,以识别孕妇在产前家庭访问计划中的亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV).
- 评估查影响的方法是否报告了IPV患病率.
主要方法:
- 一项随机对照试验与416名孕妇在围产期家庭访问计划中进行.
- 参与者被随机分配到使用验证的仪器对IPV进行纸笔或计算机辅助 (平板电脑) 查.
- 滥用评估屏幕和妇女的殴打经历被用来评估身体,性和情感的IPV.
主要成果:
- 在纸笔 (21.8%) 和平板电脑 (24.5%) 查方法之间没有发现IPV患病率的统计学上显著差异.
- 在种族/族群 (p < .001) 和地理区域 (城市,农村,郊区; p < .001) 中观察到IPV流行率的显著差异.
- 根据种族/族裔和地理位置的比例有很大差异,突出了各种风险因素.
结论:
- 纸笔和平板电脑选方法都是有效的工具,用于识别亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 在产前家庭访问期间.
- 查方法的选择似乎没有显著影响IPV报告的流行率.
- 这些发现强调了文化和地理敏感的IPV查方法在产周护理中的重要性.
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