Fernández 2006.
Study name |
English title: Protocol to evaluate the effectiveness of a consciousness‐raising and training intervention for primary care professionals, in order to improve detection of DV Originaly title: Protocolo para la evaluación de la efectividad de una intervención sensibilizadora y formativa en profesionales de atención primaria para la mejora de la detección de la violencia doméstica |
Methods |
Design: cluster‐RCT Unit of randomisation: basic care team |
Participants |
Healthcare provider: basic care team ‐ primary care physician and nurse Other: N/A Location/Setting: primary care centres in Spain Sample size: n = 136 Nubmer of withdrawals/dropouts: N/A Sex: N/A Mean age: N/A Inclusion criteria: not reported Exclusion criteria: not reported |
Interventions |
Intervention (n = 68): a short training programme with homogeneous training content, aimed at raising the awareness of health professionals and teaching them how to identify risk factors, situations of special vulnerability and alarm signals. The programme also aims to provide health professionals with tools to make the clinical interview easier, when they suspect mistreatment, and how to tackle a case once it is detected Control (n = 68): training as usual |
Outcomes |
Primary outcomes: number of cases of DV detected during the study Secondary outcomes: not reported Timing of outcome assessment: baseline, 3, 6, 9 months postintervention |
Starting date | 2006 |
Contact information | Email:mfernandeza@meditex.es |
Notes | Comment: protocol written in Spanish |