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NCT number NCT02202824
Other study ID # MH096620-S1
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received July 26, 2014
Last updated November 29, 2015
Start date July 2014
Est. completion date June 2015

Study information

Verified date November 2015
Source Massachusetts General Hospital
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority Uganda: National Council for Science and TechnologyUnited States: Institutional Review Board
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The objective of our study was to determine the extent to which contextual information about the circumstances of intimate partner violence affects participants' responses to questions about their personal attitudes toward intimate partner violence.


Description:

In national studies conducted throughout sub-Saharan Africa, survey data indicate that there is widespread acceptance of intimate partner violence by both men and women (Alio et al., 2011, Mann & Takyi, 2009, Rani et al., 2004, Uthman et al., 2009). For women, the proximate context of gender-unequal norms has important public health impacts. Men who report beliefs consistent with gender-unequal norms are more likely to be perpetrators of sexual violence (Shannon et al., 2012). Women are more likely to be victimized when they and their partners report concordant beliefs about the acceptability of intimate partner violence (Alio et al., 2011). And finally, women who live in areas characterized by gender-unequal norms about intimate partner violence are at greater risk for having their reproductive health compromised (Hung et al., 2012, Tsai & Subramanian, 2012). Accurate measurement of norms about intimate partner violence therefore has important implications for understanding the health risk environment for women.

The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), which are nationally representative surveys conducted worldwide, have served as an important source of information on norms about intimate partner violence. However, a cross-country analysis of DHS data showed that minor deviations in survey wording may account for substantial cross-country variation in the extent to which women provide survey responses consistent with acceptance of intimate partner violence (Yount et al., 2011). Furthermore, in-depth interviews conducted among Bangladeshi women suggest that affirmative responses to DHS-style questions may better reflect their perceptions of prevailing norms or their individualized assumptions about contextual details rather than true beliefs about their acceptance of intimate partner violence (Schuler & Islam, 2008, Schuler et al., 2011). Taken together, these lines of inquiry suggest important limitations in the accuracy with which the DHS measure women's attitudes towards intimate partner violence.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 1557
Est. completion date June 2015
Est. primary completion date June 2015
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender Both
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Adults aged 18 years and older

- Emancipated minors aged 16-18 years

- Considers Nyakabare Parish their primary place of residence

- Capable of providing informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Minors younger than 18 years, with the exception of emancipated minors

- Does not consider Nyakabare Parish their primary place of residence

- Unable to communicate with research staff, e.g., due to deafness, mutism, or aphasia

- Persons with psychosis, neurological damage, acute intoxication, or an intelligence quotient less than 70, as determined in the field by non-clinical research staff in consultation with a supervisor

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Other:
Survey questionnaire
Each of the scale versions elicits personal attitudes toward intimate partner violence and perceived norms about intimate partner violence, in a different fashion

Locations

Country Name City State
Uganda Mbarara University of Science and Technology Mbarara

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Massachusetts General Hospital Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Uganda, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Personal attitudes toward intimate partner violence (5-item scale) Baseline No
Primary Perceived norms about intimate partner violence (5-item scale) Baseline No
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