Healio (5/4, Gramigna) reports, “Intimate partner violence remained prevalent among middle-aged and older women and was associated with morbidity in these populations,” investigators concluded in a study that included “4,481 women aged 45 years and older who were screened for past-year intimate partner violence in 13 Veterans Health Administration [VHA] outpatient clinics in 11 states between April 2014 and April 2016.” Researchers “used positive screening result for past-year intimate partner violence as the exposure,” while “mental and physical health conditions” were “identified using ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes from VHA medical record data, as well as VHA health services utilization identified using inpatient and outpatient VHA encounter data.” The findings were published online April 21 in JAMA Network Open.
Related Links:
— “Intimate partner violence prevalent among older women beyond guideline-recommended screening age, “Joe Gramigna, Healio, May 4, 2020