Effectiveness of a Telephone Intervention to Improve the Mental Health of Abused Women

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Battered Women
• Interventions: Behavioral: advocacy intervention; Behavioral: usual community services

• Registration Number: NCT01054898
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if a telephone social support and empowerment intervention is more effective than usual community services in improving the mental health of community-dwelling women abused by their intimate partners.

Detailed Description

Depression is one of the most common mental health sequelae of intimate partner violence (IPV). Although a range of interventions have been tried to improve the mental health of women survivors of IPV, the results are inconclusive. In this trial, a 12-week advocacy intervention consisting of empowerment and telephone social support is provided to abused Chinese women in a community setting. Usual community services provide the control condition.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-02
• Primary Completion: 2008-12
• Study Completion: 2009-06
• Study First Submitted: 2010-01-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-01-20
• Study First Posted: 2010-01-22
• Status Verified: 2015-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-05-26
• Last Update Posted: 2015-05-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

• Chinese women 18 years of age or older
• Self-report of psychological, physical or sexual abuse by their current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months
• Live or work in a community within the catchment area of a community centre designated for the proposed study

Exclusion Criteria

• Perpetrator is not an intimate partner

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
advocacy intervention	advocacy intervention	A 12-week telephone social support and empowerment intervention consisting of empowerment training, scheduled weekly telephone calls, and 24-hour access to a hotline for abused women
Usual community services	usual community services	Standard care for abused women in the community

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
depression	On completion of intervention and six months post-intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
health-related quality of life	On completion of intervention and six months post-intervention
intimate partner violence	On completion of intervention and six months post-intervention
safety behaviors	On completion of intervention and six months post-intervention
perceived social support	On completion of intervention and six months post-intervention
utilization of health services	On completion of intervention and six months post-intervention

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hong Kong SKH Lady MacLehose Centre; 🇨🇳 Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China