Psychological Advocacy Towards Healing (PATH): To determine if a psychological intervention delivered by domestic violence advocates is effective and cost-effective

An individually randomised, parallel group controlled trial to determine if a psychological intervention delivered by domestic violence advocates is effective and cost-effective: Psychological Advocacy Towards Healing (PATH)

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN58561170

Enrollment

250

Registered

2011-07-26

Start date

2011-03-28

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-01-14

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Conditions

Topic: Primary Care Research Network for England

Interventions

Control Intervention: Routine care from domestic violence agency Experimental Intervention: Routine care from domestic violence agency plus additional psychological support (8 one-to-

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Female, aged 16 years or older. Target Gender: Female ; Lower Age Limit 16 years

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Psychotic illness 2. Unable to read English 3. Severe current drug or alcohol abuse 4. Currently attending counselling, cognitive beahviour therapy (CBT) or other psychological treatments either in primary care or specialist psychiatric services

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation - Outcome Measure (CORE-OM); Timepoint(s): 4, 8 & 12 Months	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Composite Abuse Scale (CAS); Timepoint(s): 4, 8, & 12 Months 2. EuroQoL EQ5D; Timepoint(s): 4, 8 & 12 Months 3. Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7); Timepoint(s): 4, 8 & 12 months 4. Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ9); Timepoint(s): 4, 8 & 12 Months 5. Post-traumatic diagnositc scale (PDS); Timepoint(s): 4, 8 & 12 Months 6. Short form 12 (SF12); Timepoint(s): 4, 8 & 12 Months	—

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 10, 2026