I'm trying to get some information pertaining to local (to me) auditing of patients' clinical files regarding whether or not patients have been asked about history of childhood adverse events.
Some years ago, someone from a male survivors of sexual abuse, in a public forum, asked if local patients were being asked about their experience of childhood abuse / trauma. A reply came back from a nurse in the audience "there's a couple of questions about that on the admission form, but they're not always answered".
Now a question has come back from the person handling the "Official Information Act" (NZs version of a Freedom of Information Act):
"could you please clarify what kind of audit you are enquiring about"
Anyone want to give me some guidance on the best way to answer this?
Basically, I just want to see if anyone's bothered to ask if the questions are being asked regularly and consistently; or if not, how often they are asked -- and maybe even what the results were. This is a fascinating and important Q -- some research has shown that "at least 90%" of people admitted to psychiatric hospitals have a history of childhood adversity -- I think that's pretty important from the viewpoint of "Trauma-Informed Care".