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. 2021 May 31;2021(5):CD012423. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012423.pub2

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