Brief Yoga and Mindfulness for Women Who Have Experienced Domestic Violence

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Domestic Violence
• Interventions: Behavioral: Brief Yoga- and Mindfulness-Based Psychoeducation Program

• Registration Number: NCT06061029
• Lead Sponsor: Istanbul Aydın University

Brief Summary

This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of a brief yoga- and mindfulness-based psychoeducation program and its working mechanisms in improving psychological health parameters (depression, anxiety, and stress) among women who have experienced domestic violence (DV).

In a randomized controlled trial, 51 DV-victimized women were assigned to an intervention group (n = 27) or a waitlist control group (n = 24). The intervention was a five-week yoga- and mindfulness-based psychoeducation program.

The researchers planned to provide support for the effectiveness of a brief yoga- and mindfulness-based psychoeducation program for improving the psychological health of DV-victimized women. Self-compassion and rumination were hypothesized as working mechanisms underlying the intervention's success.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-03-10
• Primary Completion: 2023-08-18
• Status Verified: 2023-09
• Study First Submitted: 2023-09-19
• Study Completion: 2023-09-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-09-27
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-09-27
• Study First Posted: 2023-09-29
• Last Update Posted: 2023-09-29

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 51

Inclusion Criteria

• The inclusion criteria for this study required participants to be women aged 18 years or older who had experienced domestic violence in the previous 12 months but were no longer in an ongoing domestic violence situation. Additionally, participants needed to have secure access to a smartphone or a laptop / Personal Computer.

Exclusion Criteria

• Refusal to give consent or missing more than one session of the psychoeducation program were the exclusion criteria. The individuals who met the absence criterion were still able to continue the rest of the sessions; however, their questionnaires were not included.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Yoga- and Mindfulness-Based Psychoeducation Program Group	Brief Yoga- and Mindfulness-Based Psychoeducation Program	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The Brief State Rumination Inventory	6 weeks	To measure rumination level. In this scale higher scores mean higher rumination.
The Self-Compassion Scale-Short Form	6 weeks	To measure self-compassion level. In this scale higher scores mean better/higher self-compassion.
Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21	6 weeks	To measure the occurrence of symptoms associated with depression, anxiety, and stress. In this scale, higher scores mean higher depression, anxiety, or stress.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Navidreza Hosseinzadeh Asl; 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey