Clinical trial NCT06415968: Prevalence and Characteristics of Intimate Partner Violence Against Individuals Seeking Hematological Consultations
Official title: Prevalence and Characteristics of Intimate Partner Violence Against Individuals Seeking Hematological Consultations
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: TERMINATED
Conditions: Intimate Partner Violence
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)/Thrombophlebitis
Pulmonary Embolism and Thrombosis
Lead sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-05-16
Enrollment: 138
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Outpatients attending consultations at the CHU de Nîmes for hematological diseases.

Brief summary: Intimate violence against individuals, which is particularly marked among women, is one of the most widespread human rights violations in the world.

The Women Abuse Screening Tool (WAST) self-questionnaire is a screening tool validated in French.

Our preliminary data describing the association between intimate violence against women and the first attack of unexplained venous thromboembolic disease, show a significant frequency of positive responses to the WAST among women attending a biological hematology consultation at the CHU de Nîmes, for reasons of hemostasis disorders (8% out of the first 200 cases).

The study authors wish to establish the prevalence of this situation among patients presenting to the CHU de Nîmes for hematological exploration and management. They hypothesize that the prevalence of violence against individuals seen in Hematology consultations is higher among individuals with hemostasis pathologies (hemorrhagic and thrombotic pathologies) than those with cellular pathologies, and higher among women than men.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Currently in a relationship or has been in one in the last 12 months, regardless of the length of the relationship
* Willing to complete the anonymous WAST self-questionnaire
* able to read and understand French
* Outpatient consultant at Nîmes University Hospital in one of the following departments:

  * Biological hematology consultation
  * Clinical hematology consultation
  * Vascular medicine consultation

Exclusion Criteria:

* Individuals under court protection, guardianship or curatorship
* Individuals unable to read and understand French
* Individuals who have already completed the WAST questionnaire during the study period
* Individuals unable to get away from their partner during the consultation to complete the questionnaire in isolation

Primary outcomes:
measure: Prevalence of patients experiencing Intimate Partner Violence according to consulting department
timeFrame: Day 0
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence in men versus women according to consulting department
timeFrame: Day 0
measure: Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence according to patient disease status and gender
timeFrame: Day 0
measure: WAST questionnaire score according to patient disease status and gender
timeFrame: Day 0
measure: Association between the major risk factors for Intimate Partner Violence and WAST score.
timeFrame: Day 0
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Nîmes
country: France
facility: CHU de Nimes
Study officials:
affiliation: CHU de Nimes
name: Jean-Christophe Gris
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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