Prevalence of intimate partner violence in orthopaedic trauma
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) in orthopaedic trauma presenting at a United Kingdom regional trauma and orthopaedic centre
IRAS ID
167864
Contact name
Arpit Jariwala
Contact email
Duration of Study in the UK
2 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
We propose a cross-sectional questionnaire-based study to identify the prevalence of intimate partner violence amongst women presenting to orthopaedic fracture clinics.
At each clinic where data collection is taking place, all female patients 18 years or over will be screened for eligibility. They will be approached by the Principal Investigator (PI) and interviewed alone. Full disclosure will be made of the content of the questionnaire and of the potential risks and benefits of participation. If the patient agrees to participate, they will have provided verbal consent and will be left to complete the questionnaire. During the process of gaining consent, patients will be screened according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria and if found unsuitable, will be thanked for their time and excluded.
The questionnaire is a self-reported questionnaire assessing multiple indicators of intimate partner violence previously validated in a multi centre study (Sprague et al., 2013). This questionnaire will include the Woman Abuse Screening Tool (WAST) and the Partner Violence Screen (PVS), in addition to several screening questions and general patient demographics including age, ethnicity and yearly income. Once the questionnaire is completed, it will be left in the interview room in an envelope within a secure container. No patient details other than the patient’s date of birth and date of clinic review will be taken.
A Patient Information Sheet will be located in the interview room and this will contain further information on the study and details on how to contact the Chief Investigator. This document will also contain contact numbers for the local police station and Women's Aid should the participant want further information and/or support.
Data will be analysed and compared to data from a recent multicentre study with a similar method and questionnaire. Results will be presented locally and potentially nationally via conferences and a peer-reviewed publication.
REC name
South East Scotland REC 01
REC reference
15/SS/0102
Date of REC Opinion
15 Jun 2015
REC opinion
Unfavourable Opinion