Effects of Physical Exercise Versus Group Therapy on Self-esteem Among Domestic Violence Victims

Domestic Violence Clinical Trial

Official title:

Physical Exercise and Self-esteem: a Randomized Controlled Trial in Domestic Violence Victims

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04875494
• Other study ID #: DDCSPP
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 24, 2020
• Est. completion date: April 5, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: May 2021
• Source: Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The current study is a randomized controlled trial comparing the effects of 6 weeks of physical exercise training versus group therapy on self-esteem as well as on the various subdomains of physical self-esteem among women who have experienced domestic violence within the last two months at the time of data collection

Description:

The present study design includes three arms (two intervention arms): Physical Exercise (Group A), Counseling/Support Group (Group B), and No Intervention (Control, Group C). Random allocation to each group was done in a 1:1:1 ratio at the end of an initial telephone interview by one of the authors. A permutated block design with a block size of three was used. For each participant in Groups A and B, the assigned intervention was started the week following the initial interview, and lasted 6 weeks.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 36
• Est. completion date: April 5, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: February 27, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• having experienced domestic violence at some time in the past 2 months

Exclusion Criteria:

• not being physically active on a regular basis (less than 20 min of moderate-vigorous physical activity per day during the last year)
• absence of medical contraindication to exercise

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Domestic Violence

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Counseling/support group therapy
6 weeks of counseling group therapy; 2 sessions of 30 min each week, with a psychologist and two former victims
• Physical Exercise
6 weeks of physical exercise training; 2 sessions of 30 min each week, with an instructor

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	CIDFF-51	Châlons-en-Champagne

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change score for each of the physical and global self esteem subscales from the Inventaire du Soi Physique (ISP-25). This instrument has 25 items each with a 6-point Likert response scale. Higher scores indicate greater self-esteem (physical or global)	magnitude of change in global and physical self-esteem from pre- to post-study. Minimum = -150; Maximum = +150	baseline (pre-): the day before intervention implementation; post-study: the day following cessation of intervention, 6 weeks from baseline