Identification of Interpesonal Violence

NCT06322251 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 2023-03399-01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 200
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this study is to increase primary care professional's ability to identify individuals exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV) in primary health care settings. The main questions it aims to answer are

1. 1.To what extent do the following three interventions contribute to identify potential victims of IPV: (1) the use of a standardized questionnaire that screens exposure to IPV, (2) staff using tailored virtual patients for clinical training on IPV and (3) a combination of interventions 1 and 2?
2. 2.Which intervention do primary care professionals experience as most effective in increasing the ability to identify and respond to victims of IPV?

Conditions

Primary Health Care; Interpersonal Violence; Youth; Pregnancy

Keywords

Youth; Pregnancy; Primary care; Virtual patient; Interpersonal violence

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Number of identified persons seeking healthcare who have been exposed to violence

  Comparison between before and after intervention - Effectiveness within intervention

  Baseline

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Number of identified persons seeking healthcae who have been exposed to violence

  After the intervention during a period of 2 months

Other Outcomes (1)

• Experiences of health care staff

  Three months after the intervention

Study Arms (3)

Use of questionnaire

OTHER

Intervention I: Over a period of two months, healthcare professionals will ask standardized questions about exposure to violence using a questionnaire that measures exposure to physical, psychological, and sexual violence over the past 12 months. These questions will be verbally asked to all patients visiting the care units, regardless of the reason for their visit.

Behavioral: Use of instrument to identify exposure to violence in close relationships

Use of virtual patient

OTHER

Intervention II: Healthcare professionals will undergo training to ask questions about violence in close relationships and practice how to utilize the answers, determine necessary care and interventions, and refer patients further. This training will utilize a "virtual patient" scenario where users interact with a realistic simulated patient through recorded video sequences. The training with the virtual patient will be conducted individually. On the digital platform, users will have access to the patient's medical background and other relevant information. Users can choose questions from a question bank, and based on their choices, they will receive feedback from both the patient and experts on their questions and treatment in the final part of the platform.

Behavioral: Use of instrument to identify exposure to violence in close relationships

Combined use of questionnaire and virtual patient

OTHER

Intervention III: This intervention combines Intervention I and II methods. Participants will investigate the identification of intimate partner violence over a two-month period after training with the virtual patient and in parallel with administering the violence questionnaire.

Behavioral: Use of instrument to identify exposure to violence in close relationships

Interventions

Use of instrument to identify exposure to violence in close relationships BEHAVIORAL

Use of instrument to identify exposure to violence in close relationships

Also known as: Use of Questionnaire, Use of Virtual patient, Use of a combination of questionnaire and virtual patient

Combined use of questionnaire and virtual patient; Use of questionnaire; Use of virtual patient

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• All health care staff who meet patients at the included study sites are elegible for the study
• Midwives, MDs, psychologists, social workers, nurses etc.

You may not qualify if:

• \- Health care staff who does not want to participate

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Region Stockholm: lead
• Linkoeping University: collaborator
• Karolinska Institutet: collaborator
• Stockholm University: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Linköping University

Linköping, 581 83, Sweden

RECRUITING

Study Officials

• Mia M Barimani, Professor

  Linkoeping University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Mia Barimani, Professor

CONTACT

0046-73-7083163; mia.barimani@liu.se

Wibke Jonas, Ass Prof

CONTACT

0046-707482518; wibke.jonas@ki.se

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Baseline measure - Number of patients that are identified fo being exposed to violence. Intervention: There are three settings: 1. Primary Care Health Centers 2. Youth Clinics 3. Maternity Clinics At each type of clinic, the following interventions will be applied: Identification of domestic violence through 1. Use of Virtual patient 2. use of screening questionnaire 3. a combination of a and b above. The clinics will randomised to either condition a, b or c.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 8, 2024
• First Posted: March 21, 2024
• Study Start: April 1, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): June 30, 2027
• Study Completion (Estimated): June 30, 2028
• Last Updated: April 29, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

SE (1)