Battered Women
Conditions
Keywords
depression, spouse abuse, intervention studies
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to determine if a telephone social support and empowerment intervention is more effective than usual community services in improving the mental health of community-dwelling women abused by their intimate partners.
Detailed description
Depression is one of the most common mental health sequelae of intimate partner violence (IPV). Although a range of interventions have been tried to improve the mental health of women survivors of IPV, the results are inconclusive. In this trial, a 12-week advocacy intervention consisting of empowerment and telephone social support is provided to abused Chinese women in a community setting. Usual community services provide the control condition.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALadvocacy intervention
A 12-week telephone social support and empowerment intervention consisting of empowerment training, scheduled weekly telephone calls, and 24-hour access to a hotline for abused women
BEHAVIORALusual community services
standard care for abused women in the community
Sponsors
The University of Hong Kong
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Chinese women 18 years of age or older * Self-report of psychological, physical or sexual abuse by their current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months * Live or work in a community within the catchment area of a community centre designated for the proposed study
Exclusion criteria
* Perpetrator is not an intimate partner
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| depression | On completion of intervention and six months post-intervention |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| perceived social support | On completion of intervention and six months post-intervention |
| health-related quality of life | On completion of intervention and six months post-intervention |
| intimate partner violence | On completion of intervention and six months post-intervention |
| safety behaviors | On completion of intervention and six months post-intervention |
| utilization of health services | On completion of intervention and six months post-intervention |
Countries
China
Outcome results
None listed