Clinical trial NCT01028118: Violence Against Women and Consequences During Climacteric´s Phase
Official title: Domestic and Sexual Violence Against Women: Consequences for Climacteric´s Phase
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE3
Conditions: Violence
Battered Women
Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Keywords: domestic and sexual violence
menopause
professional improvement
social support network
Lead sponsor: University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
name: Núcleo de Estudos Sobre Violência e Humanização da Assistencia à Saúde
First posted: 2009-12-09
Enrollment: 300
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 40
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: Objective- Analysis of the health status of women who were or are victims of domestic and sexual violence seeking attention at the outpatient clinic for Endocrines Gynecology and Climactery - University of Sao Paulo General Hospital.

To widen the comprehension of the binomial relationship violence-pathologies by professionals/staff who work in health services, offering women in such situation humane, comprehensive and qualified attention. Specific Objectives: decreasing the rates of domestic and sexual violence against women employing: prevention, health education and treatment - within the context of health services and public policies.

Methodology - Project Type: Research in Action A- Attention to women in a situation of domestic and sexual violence during climactery; B- Information/Education/Communication (IEC) C- Behavioral Intervention (IC) D- Institutional Development (DI). Target Populations: 1. Women (during the ages of 40 to 65 years) who were or are victims of domestic and/or sexual violence; 2. Professional/staff who work in services attending women in sexual and domestic violent situations (health professionals, policemen, civil society) in areas located within the South Regional Health Coordination - SRC. To collect information, a semi structured questionnaire will be employed during seven months in 2009.

Detailed description: Trained professionals will work in the regions of: Campo Limpo, M'Boi Mirim, Santo Amaro and neighboring regions, neighborhood in which the Social Vulnerability Index of São Paulo (IPVS) shows high records.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Women (during the ages of 40 to 65 years) who were or are victims of domestic and/or sexual violence

Exclusion Criteria:

* Women who were not victims of domestic and/or sexual violence.
* Women that were not 40 to 65 years.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Sessions of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is good for women subject to sexual violence.
timeFrame: 8 months
measure: PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN CHILDOOD AND/OR ADOLESCENTS: LESSER PREVALENCE OF COMORBIDITIES IN CLIMACTERIC´S PHASE.
timeFrame: four months
measure: Analyzing among women who suffered violence the comorbidities they suffered in climacteric´s phase.
timeFrame: 3 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Sessions of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is good for women subject to sexual violence.
timeFrame: 8 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: São Paulo
country: Brazil
facility: Hospital das Clinicas of the Medicine College of the University of São Paulo
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
name: Sandra Dircinha TA Moraes, Post-Doc
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
name: Edmund C Baracat, Titular Prof
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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