Types of Intimate Partner Violence and Women's Health

Domestic Violence Clinical Trial

Official title:

Types of Intimate Partner Violence and Women's Health: Findings From the WHO Multi-country Study on Women's Health and Intimate Partner Violence

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03469739
• Other study ID #: UoB2646
• Status: Completed
• First received: June 10, 2016
• Last updated: March 16, 2018
• Start date: June 2016
• Est. completion date: August 2017

Study information

• Verified date: January 2018
• Source: University of Bristol
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This study uses data from 29,990 women from 12 different countries collected by the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence to capture the effect of different types, frequency and timing of IPV on self-reported health, symptoms and suicidal behaviours.

Description:

Intimate partner violence (IPV) has detrimental effects on physical and mental health, risks to children and is associated with wider societal and healthcare costs. Previous analysis of the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence found significant associations between physical and sexual IPV and self-reported ill-health, symptomatology and suicidal behaviours.

Real experience of IPV can comprise different combinations of emotional, physical and sexual abuse, and different timings and frequencies of these. A more nuanced testing of exposure to these different combinations of IPV and associations with health is needed.

This study uses data from 29,990 women from 12 different countries collected by the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence to capture the effect of different combination types, frequency and timing of IPV on self-reported health, symptoms and suicidal behaviours.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 29990
• Est. completion date: August 2017
• Est. primary completion date: August 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 15 Years to 49 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• The WHO report that in most sites, a representative sample of women was obtained using a two-stage cluster sampling scheme to select households and then only one woman per household was randomly selected per household for interview.

Exclusion Criteria:

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Domestic Violence

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Bristol

References & Publications (2)

Ellsberg M, Jansen HA, Heise L, Watts CH, Garcia-Moreno C; WHO Multi-country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence against Women Study Team. Intimate partner violence and women's physical and mental health in the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence: an observational study. Lancet. 2008 Apr 5;371(9619):1165-72. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60522-X. — View Citation

Garcia-Moreno C, Jansen HA, Ellsberg M, Heise L, Watts CH; WHO Multi-country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence against Women Study Team. Prevalence of intimate partner violence: findings from the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence. Lancet. 2006 Oct 7;368(9543):1260-9. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Participant description of their current overall state of health	Participant description of their current overall state of health- a choice of options- excellent, good, fair, poor or very poor.	Preceding 4 weeks
Secondary	Participant reported health in the last 4 weeks- problems walking around, doing usual activities, pain or discomfort, problems with memory or concentration, dizziness or vaginal discharge. Measured by questionnaire.	Participant rating of various health aspects in last 4 weeks	Preceding 4 weeks
Secondary	Emotional distress. Measured by questionnaire of 20 different symptoms of emotional distress. SRQ-20 (score of 20 different symptoms of emotional distress with yes/no answers)	Self Reporting Questionnaire-20 (SRQ-20)- aggregate score of 20 different symptoms of emotional distress with yes/no answers	Preceding 4 weeks
Secondary	Participant reported ever suicidal thoughts or attempts; measured by questionnaire.	Participants reporting ever having suicidal thoughts or ever attempting suicide	Up to 49 years
Secondary	Participant reported medication used for sleep/ pain; measured by questionnaire.	Participants reporting medication use	Preceding 4 weeks