Intimate Partner Violence and Pregnancy, a Perinatal Care Intervention Study

Intimate Partner Violence and Pregnancy, a Randomised Controlled Trial on the Effect of a Resource Card on the Incidence of Intimate Partner Violence

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01158690

Acronym

MOM

Enrollment

199

Registered

2010-07-08

Start date

2010-06-30

Completion date

2016-09-30

Last updated

2017-10-13

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Conditions

Intimate Partner Violence

Keywords

Intimate partner violence

Brief summary

The study composes of two large parts, in particular a large scale prevalence/incidence study and a single-blind randomised controlled trial (RCT). The prevalence/incidence study aims to determine the prevalence/incidence of physical, psychological and sexual violence in a pregnant population. The study population is recruited through the prenatal consultation of more or less 15 hospitals in Belgium. The respondents fill out a questionnaire on the spot minimum one time during pregnancy. Based on this questionnaire, the investigators aim to recruit 150 victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) to participate in the second part of the study. The RCT aims to evaluate if there is a safe and effective way to reduce IPV within the perinatal care setting. The investigators hypothesise that screening pregnant women for violence in combination with handing out a resource card, has the potential of interrupting the IPV and increase help-seeking behaviour.

Interventions

OTHERresource card

the intervention group receives an envelop with resource card

OTHERno resource card

the control group receives an envelop without resource card

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

OTHER

Masking

SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Dutch-, French- or English speaking * Victim of intimate partner violence based on the questionnaire * Accessible through telephone and no safety problems

Exclusion criteria

* Not Dutch-, French- or English speaking * Not a victim of intimate partner violence one year before or during pregnancy * Not accessible through telephone and/or safety problems

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Impact of the resource card on the evolution of the partner violence within a sample of pregnant victims of partner violence	6 months after receipt of the resource card

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Impact of a resource card on the evolution of the help-seeking behaviour	6 months after receipt of the resource card

Countries

Belgium

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 26, 2026