Internet-Based Intervention to Improve Mental Health Outcomes for Abused Women
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Domestic Violence
In brief
The purpose for this trial is to test the effectiveness of the first interactive internet-based safety decision aid on abused women's exposure to repeat intimate partner violence (IPV) and mental health outcomes. An improved safety decision-making process (e.g., knowing the advantages and disadvantages of the relationship, having enough information to make a decision) will increase safety-seeking behaviors which in turn will decrease exposure to repeat IPV and improve mental health outcomes. Findings from the development and initial test of our computerized safety decision aid suggests that it offered abused women privacy to consider personalized safety options, informed them about danger in their relationship and would be used again if they had access to it through a safe internet site. The investigators are conducting a five year experimental trial in four states (Oregon, Maryland, Missouri, and Arizona) to address the following aims: 1. Test the effectiveness of an interactive internet-based safety decision aid on abused women's safety seeking behaviors and exposure to violence compared to women assigned to control websites. The investigators hypothesize that at three, six, and 12 months post-baseline the intervention group will have increased safety seeking behaviors and reduced IPV exposure in comparison to the control group. 2. Test the effectiveness of an interactive internet-based safety decision aid on abused women's mental health compared to women assigned to control websites. The investigators hypothesize that at three, six, and 12 months post-baseline the intervention group will have improved mental health in comparison to the control group. 3. Test if the effect of an interactive internet-based safety decision aid on abused women's mental health and exposure to violence is mediated by the safety decision making process and safety-seeking behaviors. The investigators hypothesize that the intervention group will have a better decision making process and have greater safety seeking behavior over the year in comparison to the control group, and that this better decision process and increased safety seeking behavior will mediate improvement in mental health and exposure to violence at 12 months post baseline. This study will provide much needed new information about safety planning's impact on making difficult safety decisions, exposure to violence, and mental health effects.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01312103
- Run by
- Johns Hopkins University
- People needed
- 720
- Starts
- 2011-03-01
- Expected to finish
- 2016-02-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-03-03
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 64. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Female
- English or Spanish speaking
- 18-64 years of age
- Report current physical, or sexual intimate partner violence or emotional abuse within the context of threats of physical or sexual intimate partner violence
- Live in one of the target states (Oregon, Arizona, Missouri, or Maryland)
- Express comfort with and access to a safe computer with internet
You may not qualify if…
- Male
- Younger than 18 years of age
- Older than 64 years of age
- Cannot read/speak English/Spanish
- Live outside targeted 4 states
- No access to safe computer with internet
- Uncomfortable with computers
- Does not report past year violence from an intimate partner
Where it is running
- Arizona State University — Phoenix, Arizona, United States
- Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- University of Missouri — Columbia, Missouri, United States
- Oregon Health Sciences University — Portland, Oregon, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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