Prevalence of Domestic Violence in an Inpatient Female Population

Studies have evaluated the prevalence of domestic violence in populations of patients in emergency and primary care settings, but there are little data on patients admitted to hospitals. We undertook a study to evaluate the prevalence of domestic violence among female inpatients. Of 131 consecutive...

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Published inJournal of general internal medicine Vol. 13; no. 4; pp. 277 - 279
Main Authors McKenzie, Katherine C., Burns, Risa B., McCarthy, Ellen P., Freund, Karen M.
Format Journal Article Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, MA, USA Blackwell Science, Inc 01.04.1998
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Blackwell Science Inc
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Aggression
Biological and medical sciences
Domestic violence
Domestic Violence - statistics & numerical data
Female
Females
Health care
Hospitalization
Humans
Inpatients
Internal medicine
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Patients
Physicians
Population studies
Prevalence
Primary care
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Short Communications
Violence
women
United States
North America
America
Human
Evaluation
Mail inquiry
Prevalence
Etiology
Health economy
Household accident
Female
Hospitalization
Cost analysis
Public health
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Summary:Studies have evaluated the prevalence of domestic violence in populations of patients in emergency and primary care settings, but there are little data on patients admitted to hospitals. We undertook a study to evaluate the prevalence of domestic violence among female inpatients. Of 131 consecutive female patients between the ages of 18 and 60 admitted to a nontrauma urban teaching hospital asked to complete a self‐administered survey about domestic violence, 101 completed the questionnaire. Twenty‐six percent of the respondents reported being in an abusive relationship at one time. Two patients felt that domestic violence contributed to their current reason for admission. No respondents were asked about domestic violence by health care providers. Domestic violence is an uncommon but important precipitant to nontrauma hospital admissions. Physicians should query all female inpatients about domestic assault.
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ISSN:0884-8734
1525-1497
DOI:10.1046/j.1525-1497.1998.00081.x