CompletedNot Applicable

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

China200 participantsStarted 2007-02

Plain-language 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.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexFEMALE

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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

What they're measuring

depression

Timeframe: On completion of intervention and six months post-intervention

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01054898

SponsorThe University of Hong Kong

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2008-12

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