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NCT number NCT03265847
Other study ID # IRB00062191
Secondary ID 1R01HD081179-01
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date December 19, 2017
Est. completion date August 31, 2020

Study information

Verified date September 2020
Source Johns Hopkins University
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study evaluates the impact of administering culturally-specific versions of the Danger Assessment (DA) tool followed by the tailored safety planning/referral via use of internet/smartphone-based safety decision aid (SDA) on immigrant, refugee and indigenous women's empowerment, safety and mental health. Half of survivors will receive tailored safety planning/referral based on their level of risk assessed by the DA, while the other half will receive non-DA informed usual safety planning/referral.


Description:

The DA is a tool to assess risk for homicide, near homicide, re-assault or severe re-assault by an intimate partner. In the culturally adapted DA-informed safety decision aid intervention, women answer questions on the DA, receive immediate feedback on their level of danger as well as personalized messages about safety based on their scores on the DA. The risk factors and scores on the DA are then combined with the safety priorities of women to develop a tailored safety action with links to community resources. Using a computerized randomization scheme, women are randomly assigned to either the internet and/or smartphone app accessible SDA website or control website.

This trial is being conducted in various geographical regions in the US to address the following aims:

1. Evaluate the impact of administering culturally adapted DA-informed interactive internet-based SDA intervention on abused women's safety compared to women assigned to the control website. It is hypothesized that at 3, 6, and 12 months post-baseline, the intervention group will have increased safety seeking behaviors and reduced exposure to intimate partner violence in comparison to the control group.

2. Evaluate the impact of administering culturally adapted DA-informed interactive internet-based SDA intervention on abused women's mental health compared to women assigned to the control website. It is hypothesized that at 3, 6, and 12 months post-baseline, the intervention group will have improved mental health in comparison to the control group.

3. Evaluate the impact of administering culturally adapted DA-informed interactive internet-based SDA intervention on promoting abused women's empowerment compared to women assigned to the control website. It is hypothesized that at 3, 6, and 12 months post-baseline, the intervention group will have increased empowerment in comparison to the control group.

The study will establish evidence base for a culturally-informed intervention for immigrant, refugee and indigenous women. The intervention will not only prevent future exposure to intimate partner violence, it will also promote abused women's mental health and empowerment.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 688
Est. completion date August 31, 2020
Est. primary completion date August 31, 2020
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender Female
Age group 18 Years to 64 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Experiences of intimate partner violence within the past one year

- Foreign born immigrant or refugee woman OR Native American woman

- 18-64 years of age

- Can access and use internet

Exclusion Criteria:

- No experience of intimate partner violence within the past one year

- US born and not Native American

- Younger than 18 or older than 64

- Cannot access or use internet

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Behavioral:
Culturally-tailored Safety Planning
The intervention will provide safety planning/referrals tailored to the DA

Locations

Country Name City State
United States Refugee Women's Clinic Phoenix Arizona

Sponsors (4)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Johns Hopkins University Arizona State University, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), University of Maryland, Baltimore

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Change in severity and frequency of physical violence The adapted version of the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS2; Straus 1996) is used to measure severity and frequency of the abusive or violent acts in intimate partner relationships. The CTS2 subscales include physical aggression, injury, psychological aggression and sexual coercion. Response categories range from 0=never to 6= more than 20 times within the past 12 months; 7 = not in referent period but happened before. Higher values on the measure within the past 12 months indicate severe or more frequent experiences of violence. The CTS-2 items are scored using the severity-times-frequency weighted score, as recommended by Straus. Through study completion, an average of 1 year (Assessment time points: Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months)
Secondary Change in depressive symptoms The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) is a 9 item measure to assess past two weeks depression symptoms based on the diagnostic criteria for major depressive disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV). Each of the 9 items score from 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly every day). A total score is computed to measure severity of depression by summing the items. Higher scores indicate more severe depression symptoms (1-4=minimal depression, 5-9=mild depression, 10-14=moderate depression, 15-19=moderately severe depression, and 20-27= severe depression). Through study completion, an average of 1 year (Assessment time points: Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months)
Secondary Change in symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Harvard Trauma Questionnaire (16 items) is used to measure symptoms of PTSD derived from the DSM-IIR/DSM-IV criteria for PTSD, with scores ranging from 1 to 4. The items represent intrusion/re-experiencing, avoidance/numbing and hypervigilance/arousal symptom clusters. The scale for each question includes four categories of response: "1=Not at all," "2=A little," "3=quite a bit," "4=extremely," rated 1 to 4. A total score is obtained using the mean of responses to the items. Higher scores indicate more severe PTSD symptoms. Through study completion, an average of 1 year (Assessment time points: Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months)
Secondary Change in overall empowerment The Personal Progress Scale-Revised (PPS-R; Johnson et al., 2005) is a 28 item self-report measure of empowerment designed to assess multiple areas associated with empowerment such as positive self-evaluation, self-esteem, ability to regulate emotional distress, gender-role and cultural identity awareness, self-efficacy, self-care, problem-solving, assertiveness skills, and access to resources. Participants' responses are rated on a 7-point scale ranging from 1 (Almost Never) to 7 (Almost Always). The items are summed to create a total score for empowerment. The range of scores is 28-196 with higher scores indicating a greater degree of empowerment. Through study completion, an average of 1 year (Assessment time points: Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months)
Secondary Change in empowerment related to safety The MOVERS is a 13 item scale that measures empowerment within the domain of safety (e.g., extent to which a participant has developed a set of safety-related goals and a belief in her ability to accomplish them, the extent to which she feels that her efforts to achieve safety trigger new difficulties and extent to which she has knowledge about and access to support). Participants respond to each item using a five-point scale from "never true" to "always true". The scores on the measure are summed and averaged to produce a total score. Higher scores indicate a greater degree of empowerment related to safety. Through study completion, an average of 1 year (Assessment time points: Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months)
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