Aim: to (1) evaluate IPV knowledge, attitudes, Knowledge of how often IPV occurs in IV 183 () and practices of physicians from different society, community resources, and specialties and (2) determine significant screening tools differed significantly by differences by medical specialty. specialty (all p values < 0.05). Setting: United States A majority of FM physicians (88%) reported that it is a physician's Population: Internal Medicine, Emergency responsibility to find and treat IPV and Medicine, Family Medicine (FM) and 97% reported that IPV should be Obstetrics/Gynecology (OB/GYN) residents included in their training. Compared to and attending physicians OB/GYN physicians in multivariate Methods: Participants completed a analyses, FM physicians were less likely online survey assessing knowledge, to report they were comfortable attitudes and current IPV screening practices. discussing IPV with their patients in We evaluated associations between medical crude (OR = 0.35; 95 % CI = 0.13, 0.94) specialty and knowledge, attitudes and and adjusted models (OR = 0.20; 95 % practice measures before and after CI = 0.06, 0.60). FM physicians were also controlling for covariates. less likely to report screening female patients for IPV before (OR = 0.25; 95 % CI = 0.08, 0.86) and after adjusting for confounders (OR = 0.11; 95 % CI = 0.03, 0.47). IV — Aim: To explore attitudes of women and It appeared that obstetricians/ Full text not found () health professionals towards screening for gynaecologists feel uncomfortable with domestic violence a routine screening policy. They underestimate the prevalence and Setting: Belgium perceive a lack of self-efficacy in Population: health professionals dealing with the problem and properly Methods: a questionnaire-based surveillance referring patients, they lack time and study among pregnant women constituting a perceive it as inappropriate to question regional probability sample and a patients about IPV. On the other hand questionnaire based Knowledge-Practice and they acknowledge that there is a need Attitude Survey among obstetricians/ for training on violence. gynaecologists were conducted.
() IV 183 Aim: to (1) evaluate IPV knowledge, attitudes, and practices of physicians from different specialties and (2) determine significant differences by medical specialty. Setting: United States Population: Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine (FM) and Obstetrics/Gynecology (OB/GYN) residents and attending physicians Methods: Participants completed a online survey assessing knowledge, attitudes and current IPV screening practices. We evaluated associations between medical specialty and knowledge, attitudes and practice measures before and after controlling for covariates. Knowledge of how often IPV occurs in society, community resources, and screening tools differed significantly by specialty (all p values < 0.05). A majority of FM physicians (88%) reported that it is a physician's responsibility to find and treat IPV and 97% reported that IPV should be included in their training. Compared to OB/GYN physicians in multivariate analyses, FM physicians were less likely to report they were comfortable discussing IPV with their patients in crude (OR = 0.35; 95 % CI = 0.13, 0.94) and adjusted models (OR = 0.20; 95 % CI = 0.06, 0.60). FM physicians were also less likely to report screening female patients for IPV before (OR = 0.25; 95 % CI = 0.08, 0.86) and after adjusting for confounders (OR = 0.11; 95 % CI = 0.03, 0.47). () IV — Aim: To explore attitudes of women and health professionals towards screening for domestic violence Setting: Belgium Population: health professionals Methods: a questionnaire-based surveillance study among pregnant women constituting a regional probability sample and a questionnaire based Knowledge-Practice and Attitude Survey among obstetricians/ gynaecologists were conducted. It appeared that obstetricians/ gynaecologists feel uncomfortable with a routine screening policy. They underestimate the prevalence and perceive a lack of self-efficacy in dealing with the problem and properly referring patients, they lack time and perceive it as inappropriate to question patients about IPV. On the other hand they acknowledge that there is a need for training on violence. Full text not found
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