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A prospective comparison of brief psychological intervention using groups and individual therapy for women who have experienced childhood sexual abuse

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN96410980
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2004-01-23
Start date
1998-05-05
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2015-01-13

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Conditions

Mental and behavioural disorders: Other mental disorder Mental and Behavioural Disorders Childhood sexual abuse (CSA)

Interventions

1. Focal group psychotherapy (12 weeks) 2. Brief, focal individual therapy (12 sessions) 3. No-treatment condition for women on a waiting list

Sponsors

NHS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Women survivors of childhood sexual abuse (CSA), aged 18-65 referred as out-patients to the Psychology Departments at Redbridge, Waltham Forest Health Care Trusts or Essex & Herts Community NHS Trust. Criteria for inclusion are that women present to the psychology departments with psychological difficulties in their current lives which they themselves link to their experiences of CSA, and express a desire to work primarily on CSA related difficulties.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Not provided at time of registration

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The research aims to establish two results: whether treatment of some kind offers significant long term benefits over no treatment at all; and whether group treatment offers significantly better long term results that individual therapy. Whatever the nature of results obtained, they will contribute to a small but growing body of knowledge which will allow clinicians to make more empirically based treatment choices for the individual patient.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Not provided at time of registration

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026