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HITS Screen for Intimate Partner Violence
Aka: HITS Screen for Intimate Partner Violence
- See Also
- Intimate Partner Violence
- Indications
- Intimate Partner Violence Screening
- Background
- Developed and validated for use in family medicine clinics
- Copyrighted by Dr. Sherin (ksherin@yahoo.com) for commercial use
- Also available as an iphone application with a shelter locator by zip-code
- Criteria
- Score each answer
- Never: 1
- Rarely: 2
- Sometimes: 3
- Fairly often: 4
- Frequently: 5
- How often does your partner (Mnemonic: HITS):
- Hurt
- Physically hurt you (e.g. pushed, slapped, hit, kicked, punched)?
- Insult
- Insult or talk down to you?
- Threaten
- Threaten you with harm?
- Scream
- Scream or curse at you?
- Interpretation
- Total score: 4-20
- Score >10 suggests Intimate Partner Violence
- Efficacy
- Test Sensitivity: 30-100%
- Test Specificity: 86-99%
- References
- Sherin (1998) Fam Med 30(7):508-12 [PubMed]