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

Completed

• Conditions: Domestic Violence
• Interventions: Other: surveys; Other: follow-up

• Registration Number: NCT04304469
• Lead Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon

Brief 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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-03-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-03-10
• Study First Posted: 2020-03-11
• Study Start: 2020-06-23
• Primary Completion: 2021-06-24
• Study Completion: 2021-12-21
• Status Verified: 2022-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-02-09
• Last Update Posted: 2022-02-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 67

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.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
women	follow-up	women consulting for domestic violence
women	surveys	women consulting for domestic violence

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Prevalence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder by PCL-5 Scale	at the end of study, an average of 6 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Chu Dijon Bourgogne; 🇫🇷 Dijon, France