Clinical trial NCT05981417: Therapeutic Exercise on the Psychological Well-being of Women Victims of Gender Violence.
Official title: Effect of a Physiotherapy Intervention Based on Therapeutic Exercise on the Psychological Well-being of Women Victims of Gender Violence.
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Anxiety Disorders
Depressive Symptoms
Gender-based Violence
Lead sponsor: University of Vigo
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Centro de Información Municipal á Muller de Poio
name: Centro de Información Municipal á Muller de Pontevedra
First posted: 2023-08-08
Enrollment: 30
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The scientific literature shows that women subjected to gender violence suffer a deterioration in mental health (anxiety, stress and depression). In particular, a recent study carried out in Galicia found a high incidence of post-traumatic stress, depression and low self-esteem in women victims of gender violence.

The efficacy of therapeutic exercise in depression and anxiety has been widely demonstrated, as has the link between gender violence and deterioration of mental health, with a high incidence of post-traumatic stress. However, research on the effect of therapeutic exercise in battered women is very limited.

For this reason, the aim of the present project is to evaluate the effect of a therapeutic exercise program on mental health in women who have suffered gender violence.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Women of legal age with a history of gender-based violence who come to the women's center or are included in the women's center's programs.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Consumption of alcohol or other drugs.
* Musculoskeletal disorders, recent surgery, as well as any physical problem that prevents exercise.
* Any medical contraindication to exercise.
* Pregnancy.
* Having any affirmative answer in the PARQ questionnaire (Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire).
* Participants who do not have the capacity to consent to participate will be excluded.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Psychological well-being assessed by Ryff psychological well-being scale.
timeFrame: 8 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Pontevedra
country: Spain
facility: University of Vigo
city: Pontevedra
country: Spain
facility: Lorenzo Justo Cousiño
Study officials:
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