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

NCT01054898 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2015-05-28

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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.

Conditions

  • Battered Women

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

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

BEHAVIORAL

usual community services

standard care for abused women in the community

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The University of Hong Kong

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Agnes Tiwari, PhD · The University of Hong Kong

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-02-28
Primary Completion
2008-12-31
Completion
2009-06-30

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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