Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is the most frequent type of violence against women. We compared clinical and radiological IPV characteristics to stranger assault (SA). Methods: We retrospectively identified 123 women with IPV from court reports and matched them to 124 SA. Clinical and radiological characteristics were evaluated by testing their sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value for IPV, and the strength of their association with IPV. Results: IPV women referred with more delay to the emergency department (ED), had more ED accesses, and showed more mismatch between reports to the triage and disclosures to the ED physician. They also displayed more head, neck, and face injuries, and new-plus-old fractures. Conclusion: The identification of specific features may help ED physicians to suspect IPV.

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is the most frequent type of violence against women. We compared clinical and radiological IPV characteristics to stranger assault (SA).

The clinical and radiological examination of acute intimate partner violence injuries. A retrospective analysis of an italian cohort of women / Matteoli, Marco; Piacentino, Daria; Kotzalidis, Georgios D.; Serata, Daniele; Rapinesi, Chiara; Angeletti, Gloria; Rossi, Michele; David, Vincenzo; De Dominicis, Chiara. - In: VIOLENCE AND VICTIMS. - ISSN 0886-6708. - STAMPA. - 31:1(2016), pp. 85-102. [10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-14-00107]

The clinical and radiological examination of acute intimate partner violence injuries. A retrospective analysis of an italian cohort of women

Matteoli, Marco;Piacentino, Daria;Serata, Daniele;Rapinesi, Chiara;Angeletti, Gloria;Rossi, Michele;David, Vincenzo;De Dominicis, Chiara
2016

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Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is the most frequent type of violence against women. We compared clinical and radiological IPV characteristics to stranger assault (SA). Methods: We retrospectively identified 123 women with IPV from court reports and matched them to 124 SA. Clinical and radiological characteristics were evaluated by testing their sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value for IPV, and the strength of their association with IPV. Results: IPV women referred with more delay to the emergency department (ED), had more ED accesses, and showed more mismatch between reports to the triage and disclosures to the ED physician. They also displayed more head, neck, and face injuries, and new-plus-old fractures. Conclusion: The identification of specific features may help ED physicians to suspect IPV.
2016
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is the most frequent type of violence against women. We compared clinical and radiological IPV characteristics to stranger assault (SA).
emergency department; intimate partner violence; radiology; stranger assault; adult; battered women; cohort studies; crime victims; female; humans; interpersonal relations; intimate partner violence; patient admission; radiography; retrospective studies; women's health; wounds and injuries; young adult; 2734; health (social science); law
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The clinical and radiological examination of acute intimate partner violence injuries. A retrospective analysis of an italian cohort of women / Matteoli, Marco; Piacentino, Daria; Kotzalidis, Georgios D.; Serata, Daniele; Rapinesi, Chiara; Angeletti, Gloria; Rossi, Michele; David, Vincenzo; De Dominicis, Chiara. - In: VIOLENCE AND VICTIMS. - ISSN 0886-6708. - STAMPA. - 31:1(2016), pp. 85-102. [10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-14-00107]
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