Clinical trial NCT06934174: Cultural Adaptation of a Web-Based App (myPlan Thailand) to Empower and Support Friends and Family of Intimate Partner Violence Survivors
Official title: Cultural Adaptation of a Web-Based App (myPlan Thailand) to Empower and Support Friends and Family of Intimate Partner Violence Survivors
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: PHASE2
Conditions: Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)
Social Support
Empowerment
mHealth
Effectiveness
Keywords: Intimate partner violence
Friends/Family memeber
Safety
Social support
mHealth intervention
Thailand
Lead sponsor: Boromarajonani College of Nursing, Khon Kaen
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Johns Hopkins University
name: Auckland University of Technology
name: Notre Dame of Maryland University
name: Fogarty International Center of the National Institute of Health
First posted: 2025-04-18
Enrollment: 100
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: This research will support and empower friends/family (F/F) of intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors in Thailand, where IPV is critical and common, and survivors first and foremost seek help for abuse from their F/F. myPlan app (www.myPlanapp.org) is a free mobile evidence-based intervention app to prevent IPV. The app was first developed in the United States (US) and has been disseminated to high-income countries (e.g., New Zealand, Canada, Australia) and lowincome (Kenya). One new hope for improving survivors' psychological and well-being is adapting and introducing the myPlan app for the concerned friends/family who support survivors in Thailand.

Therefore, the propose of this longitudinal research study, Cultural Adaptation of a Web-Based App (myPlan Thailand) to Empower and Support Friends/Family of Intimate Partner Violence Survivors in Thailand, will have two consecutive phases with three aims: 1) To tailor the myPlan app content for concerned F/F members of Thai IPV survivors, 2) To integrate the adapted myPlan app content for concerned F/F members of Thai IPV survivors, 3) To test the feasibility and acceptability of the adapted myPlan app with concerned F/F members of Thai IPV survivors. Phase 1 (Year 1-2) will achieve aim 1-2 to tailor the myPlan app with Thai survivors and friends/family. The investigators will review current content and conduct in-depth interviews with survivors and concerned F/F members on social norms associated with IPV, informal support systems and the role/responsibility in helping survivors, safety strategies used by concerned F/F members and negative consequences for both survivor and F/F member providing support. Moreover, in phase 1, the adapted content will be pilot tested with concerned F/F members of survivors by using cognitive techniques and theater-testing methodology.

Phase 2 (Year 3-4) will achieve aim 3 to test the feasibility and acceptability of the adapted myPlan app with F/F. The investigators will conduct a two-group RCT design with concerned F/F member randomized to receive a) the myPlan app for F/F member, or b) standard usual-care safety planning information. Primary outcomes for F/F members include change in knowledge and attitudes towards IPV and F/F empowerment to plan and take safety support survivor. Secondary outcomes will examine change in F/F' distress, frustration and consequences for supporting the survivor. This phase will also collect feasibility and acceptability data to informed a planned R01 submission in Year 3 of the study. The K43 application outlines a four-year plan to support a candidate who is a nursing instructor with 15 years of work in diverse projects, settings, and disciplines; which positions her for a successful career as an independent researcher in research field of intimate partner violence. The career development plan provides a sequence of carefully selected training and mentoring experiences, including coursework to increase research capacity, leadership skills, mentored research leading to a R01 proposal, peer reviewed publications, and professional networking, that will catapult this research to the next level of research achievement. The team will be a collaboration between the Boromarajonani College of Nursing Khon Kaen (BCNKK), Khon Kaen One Stop Crisis Center (OSCC), Johns Hopkins University (JHU), Notre Dame of Maryland University (NDM), and Auckland University of Technology (AUT), New Zealand.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* being female or males who have a female friend currently (past 6 months) experiencing IPV
* Thai speaking/reading
* At least 18 years old
* Have access to a safe smart-phone or computer with internet
* Have safe email address
* Living in Thailand

Exclusion Criteria:

* Cannot speak/reading Thai
* Less than age 18 years old
* Cannot access to a safe smartphone or computer with internet
* Not living in Thailand

Primary outcomes:
measure: Knowledge and Attitudes towards IPV
timeFrame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months
measure: Empowerment to plan and take actions to safely support survivor
timeFrame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months
measure: The Supportive Behaviors checklist
timeFrame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Distress, frustration, and negative consequences for supporting the survivors
timeFrame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months
measure: Feasibility and Acceptability
timeFrame: 6 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Khon Kaen
country: Thailand
facility: Maliwan Thaewbao
Study officials:
affiliation: Boromarajonani College of Nursing, Khon Kaen
name: Tipparat Udmuangpia, PhD,MS,RN
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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