Management of Women Who Experience Domestic Abuse: Study Comparing Psychological Outcomes at the Maison Des Femmes in Saint-Denis and a Convential Shelter

Domestic Violence Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Management of Women Who Experience Domestic Abuse: a Feasibility Study Comparing Psychological Outcomes at the Maison Des Femmes in Saint-Denis and a Convential Shelter

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04304469
• Other study ID #: BARDOU THELLIE 2019
• Status: Completed
• Start date: June 23, 2020
• Est. completion date: December 21, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: February 2022
• Source: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

ach year, it is estimated that an average of approximately 219,000 women in France suffer physical and/or sexual violence at the hands of their partner or ex-partner. These figures do not take into account other types of violence such as psychological or economic violence. Domestic violence has a major impact on the physical, sexual and psychological health of women victims. For example, the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder in these women varies between 33 and 84%, with an average prevalence of 61%, compared with only 2.2% in the French population as a whole. Multidisciplinary medical, social and legal support for these women is essential. In France, there are major territorial disparities in terms of the distribution of facilities for victims of domestoc violence, and not all women victims have the same access to care depending on their place of residence.

The Maison des Femmes in St Denis has been open since 2016. It offers a unique range of sanitary, social and judicial services through cooperation with police and justice departments, for women who have been subjected to any type of violence.

This facility is unique in France, and the number of consultations continues to increase, and was more than 8,500 in 2018. The Maison des Femmes model is intended to be exported to other departments, but first the model needs to be validated, beyond its obvious attractiveness (illustrated by the number of consultations and the fact that it attracts women from throughout the Ile de France region) by comparing it to other facilities in terms of its effect on the management of the women.

This is a cross-sectional prevalence study that estimates the frequency of post-traumatic stress disorder among women who are victims of domestic violence who used the services offered at the Maison des Femmes or other dedicated structures, at the initial consultation and 6 months later.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 67
• Est. completion date: December 21, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: June 24, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Female aged 18 and over,

• Consulted for domestic violence at the Maison des Femmes, St Denis health centre or Aubervilliers health centre.

• Able to understand the objectives of the study and to respond to the survey

• Having been informed and not having objected to participating in this study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Unable to understand the objectives of the study and to respond to the surveys.

• Consulting for another reason.

• Protected adult under a measure of safeguard.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Domestic Violence

Intervention

Other:
• surveys
delivery of the survey at a domestic violence consultation
• follow-up
follow-up of women 6 months after their consultation

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	Chu Dijon Bourgogne	Dijon

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Prevalence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder by PCL-5 Scale		at the end of study, an average of 6 months