Intimate partner violence (IPV) in male and female orthopaedic trauma patients: a multicentre, cross-sectional prevalence study
Objectives Identify the proportion of patients attending fracture clinics who had suffered intimate partner violence (IPV) within the past year.Design Powered cross-sectional study using validated participant self-reported questionnaires.Setting and participants Adult trauma patients (no gender/age...
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| description | Objectives Identify the proportion of patients attending fracture clinics who had suffered intimate partner violence (IPV) within the past year.Design Powered cross-sectional study using validated participant self-reported questionnaires.Setting and participants Adult trauma patients (no gender/age exclusions) attending one of three Scottish adult fracture clinics over 16-month period (from October 2016 to January 2018).Primary outcome measure Number of participants answering ‘yes’ to the Woman Abuse Screening Tool question: ‘In your current relationship over the past twelve months, has your partner ever abused you physically/emotionally/sexually?’Results Of 336 respondents, 46% (156/336 known) were women with 65% aged over 40 (212/328 known). The overall prevalence of IPV within the preceding 12 months was 12% 39/336) for both male and female patients. The lifetime prevalence of IPV among respondents was 20% (68/336). 38% of patients who had experienced IPV within the past 12 months had been physically abused (11/29). None of the patients were being seen for an injury caused by abuse. Two-thirds of respondents thought that staff should ask routinely about IPV (55%, 217/336), but only 5% had previously been asked about abuse (18/336).Conclusions This is the first study worldwide investigating the prevalence of IPV in fracture clinics for both male and female patients. 12-month prevalence of IPV in fracture clinic patients is significant and not affected by gender in this study. Patients appear willing to disclose abuse within this setting and are supportive of staff asking about abuse. This presents an opportunity to identify those at risk within this vulnerable population. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d8ec4a8a1deb4bd496905d1e7c52ecb12025-08-20T02:21:11ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552021-08-0111810.1136/bmjopen-2020-046164Intimate partner violence (IPV) in male and female orthopaedic trauma patients: a multicentre, cross-sectional prevalence studyMohit Bhandari0Samantha Downie1Kim Madden2Iuliana Kanya3Arpit C Jariwala44 Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaTrauma & Orthopaedics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UKDepartment of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaOrthopaedics Department, NHS Tayside, Dundee, UKOrthopaedics Department, NHS Tayside, Dundee, UKObjectives Identify the proportion of patients attending fracture clinics who had suffered intimate partner violence (IPV) within the past year.Design Powered cross-sectional study using validated participant self-reported questionnaires.Setting and participants Adult trauma patients (no gender/age exclusions) attending one of three Scottish adult fracture clinics over 16-month period (from October 2016 to January 2018).Primary outcome measure Number of participants answering ‘yes’ to the Woman Abuse Screening Tool question: ‘In your current relationship over the past twelve months, has your partner ever abused you physically/emotionally/sexually?’Results Of 336 respondents, 46% (156/336 known) were women with 65% aged over 40 (212/328 known). The overall prevalence of IPV within the preceding 12 months was 12% 39/336) for both male and female patients. The lifetime prevalence of IPV among respondents was 20% (68/336). 38% of patients who had experienced IPV within the past 12 months had been physically abused (11/29). None of the patients were being seen for an injury caused by abuse. Two-thirds of respondents thought that staff should ask routinely about IPV (55%, 217/336), but only 5% had previously been asked about abuse (18/336).Conclusions This is the first study worldwide investigating the prevalence of IPV in fracture clinics for both male and female patients. 12-month prevalence of IPV in fracture clinic patients is significant and not affected by gender in this study. Patients appear willing to disclose abuse within this setting and are supportive of staff asking about abuse. This presents an opportunity to identify those at risk within this vulnerable population.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/8/e046164.full |
| spellingShingle | Mohit Bhandari Samantha Downie Kim Madden Iuliana Kanya Arpit C Jariwala Intimate partner violence (IPV) in male and female orthopaedic trauma patients: a multicentre, cross-sectional prevalence study BMJ Open |
| title | Intimate partner violence (IPV) in male and female orthopaedic trauma patients: a multicentre, cross-sectional prevalence study |
| title_full | Intimate partner violence (IPV) in male and female orthopaedic trauma patients: a multicentre, cross-sectional prevalence study |
| title_fullStr | Intimate partner violence (IPV) in male and female orthopaedic trauma patients: a multicentre, cross-sectional prevalence study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Intimate partner violence (IPV) in male and female orthopaedic trauma patients: a multicentre, cross-sectional prevalence study |
| title_short | Intimate partner violence (IPV) in male and female orthopaedic trauma patients: a multicentre, cross-sectional prevalence study |
| title_sort | intimate partner violence ipv in male and female orthopaedic trauma patients a multicentre cross sectional prevalence study |
| url | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/8/e046164.full |
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