Screening for Intimate Partner Violence in a Primary Care Setting: The Validity of “Feeling Safe at Home” and Prevalence Results

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Table 1.

Survey Instrument

Couples use many different ways of trying to settle their differences. The following things may happen to you during an argument with your boyfriend, husband, or partner. Please mark how many times in the last 3 months these things have happened to you.	Once	Twice	3–5 Times	6–10 Times	11–20 Times	>20 Times	NA
We discussed an issue calmly.
My partner stomped out of the room or house or yard.
My partner threatened me.
My partner threatened to hit or throw something at me.
My partner smashed or hit or kicked something.
My partner pushed, grabbed, or shoved me.

Table 2.

Sample Characteristics, Feeling Safe at Home by Self-Reported Experiences with Violence % (N = 399)

Demographics	Positive Screens for Physical and/or Psychological Violence (N = 174)	Negative Screens for Physical and/or Psychological Violence (N = 214)	Total N^*
Race
Black	44.2	55.8	104
White	43.9	56.1	237
Other	45.2	54.8	31
Education
High school or less	49.7	50.3	161
Some college	46.8	53.2	139
College or more	30.0	70.0	80
Marriage
Married	41.5	58.5	135
Other	46.7	53.3	242
Children at home
Yes	49.3	50.7	229
No	36.9	63.1	152
Drinking episodes per week
None	42.8	57.2	152
1–3	45.9	54.1	220
4+	43.7	56.3	16
Average number of drinks per episode
None	42.2	57.6	151
1–3	45.9	54.1	183
4+	47.2	52.8	53
Did you feel safe at home?
Yes	43.2	56.8	361
No	62.5	37.5	24
CES-D
Depression	53.9	46.1	89
No depression	39.9	60.1	291

Table 3.

Prevalence of Psychological and Physical Violence—Past 90 Days Based on 6 Questions from the CTS % (N = 399)

	All	White	Black	Other
Any type of violence	44.3 (n = 164)	44.1 (n = 104)	44.7 (n = 46)	45.1 (n = 14)
Psychological violence with or without physical violence	43.5 (n = 162)	43.5 (n = 103)	43.3 (n = 45)	45.2 (n = 14)
Physical violence with or without psychological violence*	10.3 (n = 38)	6.8 (n = 16)	19.6 (n = 20)	6.5 (n = 2)
Type of violence experienced
No violence ^†	55.9 (n = 208)	56.1 (n = 133)	55.7 (n = 58)	54.8 (n = 17)
Only psychological violence^‡^§	34.1 (n = 126)	37.1 (n = 88)	25 (n = 26)	38.7 (n = 12)
Only physical violence^‖	0.5 (n = 2)	0.42 (n = 1)	0.96 (n = 1)	0.0 (n = 0)
Both psychological and physical violence ^‡^¶	9.7 (n = 36)	6.3 (n = 15)	18.3 (n = 19)	6.5 (n = 2)

* p < .01
† Women who report no psychological or physical violence.
‡ p < .05;
§ Women who report psychological violence in absence of physical violence.
‖ Women who reported physical violence in the absence of psychological violence.
¶ Women who reported both physical and psychological violence.

Table 7.

Logistic Model Predicting Physical Violence with or without Psychological Violence*

	B	SE	Odds	95% CI
Intercept^†	−1.80	0.58
White^§	−1.26	0.46	0.28	0.12–0.69
Other	−1.39	0.84	0.25	0.05–1.30
Some college	0.01	0.42	1.01	0.44–2.32
College or more	−0.57	0.82	0.57	0.11–2.84
Drink 1–3	−0.46	0.44	0.63	0.27–1.48
Drink ≥4	0.82	0.52	2.27	0.82–6.25
Married^†	−1.14	0.53	0.32	0.11–0.91
Children living at home	0.53	0.47	1.71	0.68–4.30
Depression^†	1.14	.41	3.14	1.40–7.05