Ongoing Violence Assessment Tool (OVAT)

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Within the past month has your partner threatened you with a weapon?

Within the past month has your partner beaten you so badley that you had to seek medical care?

Within thepast month has your partner acted like they would like to kill you?

Within the past month has your partner had no respect for your feelings?

References

Cynthia Feltner. Screening for Intimate Partner Violence and for Caregiver Abuse of Older or Vulnerable Adults: An Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force.. JAMA, 2025
Michael Silverstein. Screening for Intimate Partner Violence and Caregiver Abuse of Older or Vulnerable Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement.. JAMA, 2025
Sviatlana Kamarova. Predictive Validity of Violence Screening Tools in Emergency and Psychiatric Services: A Systematic Review.. Trauma, violence & abuse, 2025
Maya G. T. Ogonah. Violence risk assessment instruments in forensic psychiatric populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet. Psychiatry, 2023
I. Nossel. Guidance for Working With a Patient Who Elicits Fear in the Psychiatrist.. JAMA psychiatry, 2020
G. Dickens. Structured assessments for imminent aggression in mental health and correctional settings: Systematic review and meta-analysis.. International journal of nursing studies, 2020
Seena Fazel. Use of risk assessment instruments to predict violence and antisocial behaviour in 73 samples involving 24 827 people: systematic review and meta-analysis.. BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2012
Reference - 10.1891/vivi.19.3.375.65769