guvu: A randomized controlled trial of an integrated intervention to reduce intimate partner violence and psychological distress in adult, female Congolese refugees in Tanzania

Overview

2017 Protocol article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28521751 (added 22/05/2017) 2021 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34143803/ (added 21/06/2021) 2019 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31428190/ (added 10/07/2023)

Registry

who.int

Start Date

June 27, 2016

End Date

October 1, 2017

Last Updated

2 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

Female

Sponsor

•Inclusion criteria as of 29/03/2017:
•1\. Aged 18 years and over
•3\. Refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) currently residing in Nyarugusu Refugee Camp, Tanzania
•4\. Participating in a local women’s groups
•5\. Past\-years history of intimate partner violence: endorsing any past\-year intimate partner violence on a modified version of the Abuse Assessment Screen (AAS)
•6\. Experiencing moderate\-severe psychological distress: Average score of moderate to severe (\=1\.75 out of 4\) on items assessing depressive or anxiety symptoms; or \= 1\.0 out of 3 on items assessing post\-traumatic stress symptoms. Depressive and anxiety symptoms were measured using the 25\-item Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL). Post\-traumatic stress symptoms were measured using the 16\-item Harvard Trauma Questionnaire (HTQ)
•Original inclusion criteria 4\-5:
•4\. Past\-years history of intimate partner violence: endorsing any past\-year intimate partner violence on a modified version of the Abuse Assessment Screen (AAS)
•5\. Experiencing moderate\-severe psychological distress: Average score of moderate to severe (\>1\.75 out of 4\) on items assessing depressive, anxiety or post\-traumatic stress symptoms. Depressive and anxiety symptoms were measured using the 25\-item Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL). Post\-traumatic stress symptoms were measured using the 16\-item Harvard Trauma Questionnaire (HTQ).