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

Battered Women Clinical Trial

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01054898
• Other study ID #: UW 06-105 T/1130
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 20, 2010
• Last updated: May 26, 2015
• Start date: February 2007
• Est. completion date: June 2009

Study information

• Verified date: May 2015
• Source: The University of Hong Kong
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Hong Kong: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 200
• Est. completion date: June 2009
• Est. primary completion date: December 2008
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

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

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Supportive Care

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Battered Women

Intervention

Behavioral:
• 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
• usual community services
standard care for abused women in the community

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
China	Hong Kong SKH Lady MacLehose Centre	Hong Kong	Hong Kong

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The University of Hong Kong

Country where clinical trial is conducted

China, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	depression		On completion of intervention and six months post-intervention	No
Secondary	perceived social support		On completion of intervention and six months post-intervention	No
Secondary	health-related quality of life		On completion of intervention and six months post-intervention	No
Secondary	intimate partner violence		On completion of intervention and six months post-intervention	No
Secondary	safety behaviors		On completion of intervention and six months post-intervention	No
Secondary	utilization of health services		On completion of intervention and six months post-intervention	No