Table 1

Model assumptions and sources for the six-monthly transition probabilities

AssumptionMean valueDistribution for sensitivity analysis*Notes
No abuse to abuse unidentified (A)0.0075Lognormal (0.75)Assumption
Abuse unidentified to no abuse (B)0.025Lognormal (0.75)Assumption
No abuse to no abuse (C)0.9867Complementary to A + K
Control: abuse unidentified to identified existing victim (D)0.0094Lognormal (0.1)From IRIS
Intervention: abuse unidentified to identified existing victim (D)0.0207Lognormal (0.1)From IRIS
Control: abuse unidentified to advocacy (E)0.0016Lognormal (0.1)From IRIS
Intervention: abuse unidentified to advocacy (E)0.0101Lognormal (0.1)From IRIS
Control: abuse unidentified to abuse unidentified (F)0.9581Complementary to D + E + L
Intervention: abuse unidentified to abuse unidentified (F)0.9383Complementary to D + E + L
Advocacy to no abuse (G)0.0888Lognormal (0.75)Ramsay et al19 intervention arm reduced by 75% to reflect lower ntervention intensity in IRIS
Advocacy to advocacy (H)0.9053Lognormal (0.75)Complementary to G + L
identified existing victim to no abuse (I)0.0717Lognormal (0.75)Ramsay et al19 control arm reduced by 75% to reflect lower intervention intensity in IRIS
identified existing victim to identified existing victim (J)0.9223Complementary to I + L
Death rate if not being abused (K)0.0058Lognormal (0.75)All-cause mortality22
Death rate if being abused (L)0.0059Lognormal (0.75)All-cause mortality22 + Walby23
  • * SDs are listed for the lognormal distributions and standard variances for the β distributions. The SDs used in the model were found by multiplying these numbers by the listed values (eg, the SD for transition rate A = 0.0075×0.75=0.0056).

  • IRIS, Identification and Referral to Improve Safety.