Efficacy of Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) in a Sample of Iranian Women Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 34
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Perceived Stress Scale-4
研究概览
简要总结
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.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 16 Years 至 60 Years（Child, Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •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.
排除标准
- •schizophrenia, epilepsy, mental retardation, drug abuse and mal-nourishment
结局指标
主要结局
Perceived Stress Scale-4
时间窗: 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)
时间窗: 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)
时间窗: 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).
时间窗: 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.
次要结局
- The Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS)(At pre-treatment-point, post-treatment-point and 3- and 6-month follow-ups)
- Checklist of family violence(At pre-treatment-point, post-treatment-point and 3- and 6-month follow-ups)
- Composite Abuse Scale (CAS)(At pre-treatment-point, post-treatment-point, and 3- and 6-month follow-ups)
- The Life Events Checklist(At pre-treatment-point, post-treatment-point and 3- and 6-month follow-ups)
研究者
Tahere Orang
PhD Student
University of Konstanz