Effectiveness of a Telephone Intervention to Improve the Mental Health of Abused Women

NCT ID: NCT01054898

Last Updated: 2015-05-28

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

200 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-02-28

Study Completion Date

2009-06-30

Brief Summary

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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

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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.

Conditions

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Battered Women

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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advocacy intervention

A 12-week telephone social support and empowerment intervention consisting of empowerment training, scheduled weekly telephone calls, and 24-hour access to a hotline for abused women

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

advocacy intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A 12-week telephone social support and empowerment intervention consisting of empowerment training, scheduled weekly telephone calls, and 24-hour access to a hotline for abused women

Usual community services

Standard care for abused women in the community

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

usual community services

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

standard care for abused women in the community

Interventions

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advocacy intervention

A 12-week telephone social support and empowerment intervention consisting of empowerment training, scheduled weekly telephone calls, and 24-hour access to a hotline for abused women

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

usual community services

standard care for abused women in the community

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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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
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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The University of Hong Kong

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Professor Agnes Tiwari

Professor and Head

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Agnes Tiwari, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

The University of Hong Kong

Locations

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Hong Kong SKH Lady MacLehose Centre

Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Site Status

Countries

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China

References

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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.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 22227168 (View on PubMed)

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.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 20682933 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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UW 06-105 T/1130

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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