Table 3.

Mean increase in screening by practice characteristic and intervention choice

Practice Characteristics	Number of practices	Mean change in screening after intervention (SD)
Practice Type
Internal Medicine	4	13% (7%)
Family Medicine	8	8% (7%)
Obstetric/Gynecology	3	10% (11%)
Academic	5	13% (6%)
Community	10	8% (8%)
Number of providers at practice
1–3	3	7% (13%)
4–10	6	6% (4%)
11 or more	6	15% (5%)
Number of DVRPs attending initial training
1	2	9% (15%)
2	13	10% (7%)
Number of DVRPs attending mid-project training
0	2	0% (2%)
1	6	11% (4%)
2	7	11% (9%)
Number of original DVRPs present in practice at end of study
0	5	11% (8%)
1	4	7% (5%)
2	6	10% (9%)
Screening questionnaire used
SAFE Questions [20]	7	9% (7%)
Massachusetts Seminars Series on Domestic Violence [19]	4	11% (9%)
Partner Violence Screen [21]	2	13% (9%)
HITS [22]	2	5% (9%)
Person designated at practice to screen
Nurse Staff	4	1% (2%)
Providers	9	12% (6%)
Both	2	16% (8%)
Patients to be routinely screened
Women over age 18	4	10% (5%)
All women	4	12% (10%)
Men and Women over age 18	5	9% (8%)
All patients	2	6% (10%)
Frequency of screening
Once a year	12	10% (7%)
At every visit	3	10% (10%)
Baseline screening rate
<8%	3	4% (3%)
8–10%	4	11% (7%)
11–19%	4	11% (10%)
>20%	4	11% (9%)