NET in Iranian Women Suffering From Post Traumatic Stress Symptoms

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Mental Disorders; Domestic Violence
• Interventions: Behavioral: Narrative Exposure Therapy; Other: Treatment-as-usual

• Registration Number: NCT01731418
• Lead Sponsor: University of Konstanz

Brief Summary

The proposed study seeks to investigate to what extent Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) is an effective treatment for the reduction of symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and depression and for the improvement of daily functioning in Iranian women who have experienced intimate partner violence (IPV). In addition, the study seeks to investigate whether NET therapy could lead to the reduction of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) within their marriage.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-11
• Study First Submitted: 2012-11-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-11-20
• Study First Posted: 2012-11-21
• Primary Completion: 2015-12
• Study Completion: 2015-12
• Status Verified: 2017-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-04-24
• Last Update Posted: 2017-04-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 34

Inclusion Criteria

• being victims of Intimate Partner Violence and seeking help at target clinics in order to reduce their psychological symptoms, currently living together with their partner/husband, meeting the set cut-off point on the PTSD scale according to DSM-IV.

Exclusion Criteria

• schizophrenia, epilepsy, mental retardation, drug abuse and mal-nourishment

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Narrative Exposure Therapy	Narrative Exposure Therapy	Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) is a standardized short-term approach based on the principles of cognitive behavioral exposure therapy and testimony therapy for the treatment of PTSD resulting from organized violence.
Treamtent-as-usual	Treatment-as-usual	Treatment-as-usual can be defined as the commonly used psychotherapy for abused women in Iran, such as medical therapy and/or supportive psychotherapy.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Perceived Stress Scale-4	At pre-treatment-point, post-treatment-point and 3- and 6-month follow-ups	The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) would be used to assess the perception of stress over the course of the last month preceding the interview
The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9)	At pre-treatment-point, post-treatment-point, and 3- and 6-month follow-ups	The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) is a self-administered version of the PRIME-MD diagnostic instrument for common mental disorders. The PHQ-9 is the depression module
The Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 (HSCL-25)	At pre-treatment-point, post-treatment-point, and 3- and 6-month follow-ups	The Hopkins Symptom Checklist 25 would be used to screen for symptoms of depression and anxiety.
Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS/PSS-I).	Symptoms will be assessed at pre-treatment-point and post-treatment-point (up to 6-month follow-ups)	The PDS/PSS-I is a 17-item screening instrument on a 4-point-Likert-scale (0 = not at all to 3 = very much). The PDS aims at assessing all Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV) criteria of a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and thus it includes information about the nature of the traumatic event and the level of functional interference.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS)	At pre-treatment-point, post-treatment-point and 3- and 6-month follow-ups	The WSAS is a widely used 5-item measure of disability. Its psychometric properties were analyzed and shown in different studies and disorders (Mataix-Cols et al, 2005; Mundt et al, 2002).
Checklist of family violence	At pre-treatment-point, post-treatment-point and 3- and 6-month follow-ups	This checklist assessing the incidence of domestic violence was developed by Catani (2002) and includes questions on physical abuse, verbal violence, neglect and sexual abuse as well as witnessing intimate partner violence between parents.
Composite Abuse Scale (CAS)	At pre-treatment-point, post-treatment-point, and 3- and 6-month follow-ups	The CAS, a 30-item validated research instrument, is a widely used self-report questionnaire of behaviors that women describe as abusive by their partners. It is a self-report measure that provides standardized sub scale scores on four dimensions of intimate partner abuse. The four dimensions are Severe Combined Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Physical Abuse, and Harassment, scaled from 0 (never) to 5 (daily) over a period of 12-month.
The Life Events Checklist	At pre-treatment-point, post-treatment-point and 3- and 6-month follow-ups	The Life Events Checklist (LEC) is a brief, 17-item, self-report measure designed to screen for potentially traumatic events in a respondent's lifetime. The LEC assesses exposure to 16 events known to potentially result in PTSD or distress and includes one item assessing any other extraordinarily stressful event not captured in the first 16 items.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Mental Health Clinics; 🇮🇷 Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of