Clinical trial NCT01054898: Effectiveness of a Telephone Intervention to Improve the Mental Health of Abused Women
Official title: A RCT to Test the Effectiveness of a Telephone Intervention to Improve the Mental Health of Community Dwelling Women Abused by Their Intimate Partners
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Battered Women
Keywords: depression
spouse abuse
intervention studies
Lead sponsor: The University of Hong Kong
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2010-01-22
Enrollment: 200
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

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.

Eligibility criteria: 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

Primary outcomes:
measure: depression
timeFrame: On completion of intervention and six months post-intervention
Secondary outcomes:
measure: perceived social support
timeFrame: On completion of intervention and six months post-intervention
measure: health-related quality of life
timeFrame: On completion of intervention and six months post-intervention
measure: intimate partner violence
timeFrame: On completion of intervention and six months post-intervention
measure: safety behaviors
timeFrame: On completion of intervention and six months post-intervention
measure: utilization of health services
timeFrame: On completion of intervention and six months post-intervention
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Hong Kong
country: China
facility: Hong Kong SKH Lady MacLehose Centre
state: Hong Kong
Study officials:
affiliation: The University of Hong Kong
name: Agnes Tiwari, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Tiwari A, Fong DY, Wong JY, Yuen KH, Yuk H, Pang P, Humphreys J, Bullock L. Safety-promoting behaviors of community-dwelling abused Chinese women after an advocacy intervention: a randomized controlled trial. Int J Nurs Stud. 2012 Jun;49(6):645-55. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2011.12.005. Epub 2012 Jan 9.
citation: Tiwari A, Fong DY, Yuen KH, Yuk H, Pang P, Humphreys J, Bullock L. Effect of an advocacy intervention on mental health in Chinese women survivors of intimate partner violence: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2010 Aug 4;304(5):536-43. doi: 10.1001/jama.2010.1052.