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Contents
Strengths of this review ............................. 56
Limitations of this review ........................... 57
Discussion .................................................. 57
8 Can mortality or morbidity be reduced
following screening? (Question V) ............ 59
Health-care setting .................................... 59
Sensitivity analyses ..................................... 61
Strengths and limitations ........................... 61
Discussion .................................................. 62
9 Is screening for partner violence acceptable to
health-care professionals? (Question VI) .. 63
Qualitative studies ..................................... 63
Quantitative studies ................................... 65
Synthesis ................................................... 67
Strengths and limitations ........................... 67
Discussion ................................................. 68
10 Is screening for partner violence costeffective?
(Question VII) ............................ 69
Systematic review of cost-consequence and costeffectiveness
studies ............................... 69
Cost-effectiveness model of PreDoVe: a pilot
trial of a primary care-based system-level
intervention to improve identification and
referral of women experiencing partner
violence .................................................. 70
Discussion .................................................. 72
11 Conclusions of the reviews and implications for
health care ................................................. 73
To what extent are the NSC criteria fulfilled?
................................................................. 73
Strengths and limitations of this report .... 75
Are the NSC criteria appropriate tests for a
partner violence screening programme?
................................................................. 75
Research questions ..................................... 76
Acknowledgements ................................... 79
References ................................................. 81
Health Technology Assessment reports
published to date ....................................... 115
Health Technology Assessment
Programme ................................................ 133
Appendix 1 Previous systematic reviews of
partner violence screening*
Appendix 2 Mapping of selected NSC criteria
onto analytic framework for research on
partner violence screening*
Appendix 3 Quality appraisal*
Appendix 4 Prevalence and health impact
studies*
Appendix 5 Screening tool studies*
Appendix 6 Acceptability of screening studies
to women*
Appendix 7 Interventions after disclosure of
partner violence*
Appendix 8 Morbidity and mortality outcomes
of screening studies*
Appendix 9 Studies of acceptability of
screening to health-care professionals*
Appendix 10 Cost-effectiveness of screening
for partner violence*
Appendix 11 Self-appraisal of reviews*
Appendix 12 Studies excluded from the
reviews*
*Due to the extensive nature of the appendices, these are available only in electronic format. The PDF file
of the full report is available at www.hta.ac.uk/1501. It will also be available on HTA on CD (see the inside
front cover for full details).