NCT05426863

Domestic Violence Intervention to Reduce Psychological Distress and Violence Among Women Experiencing IPV in Nepal

Integrated Multicomponent Intervention for Violence Prevention and Management of Mental Health Problems Among Women Experiencing IPV in Madhesh Province of Nepal: A Cluster Randomized Trial.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 912 (actual)
• Sponsor: Global and Sexual Health (GloSH) · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 49 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to implement and evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of a validated integrated multi-component intervention targeting secondary prevention of violence and addressing the mental health needs of women experiencing intimate partner violence.

Detailed description

This study's aim is to assess the feasibility and effectiveness of an integrated multicomponent intervention among women experiencing violence in Madhesh Province of Nepal. 1. To assess the feasibility of DeVI in health care centers in Nepal by exploring the views of key stakeholders, health care providers, and local women in the community. 2. To train non-specialist mental health care providers on the delivery of DeVI among women exposed to IPV. 3. To explore participants' and health care providers' experiences with DeVI Intervention and the opportunities and challenges encountered during implementation. 4. To measure the effectiveness of the DeVI intervention in addressing psychological distress, reducing the occurrence of IPV, and developing safety strategies among women experiencing IPV. 5. To measure the impact of the DeVI training on knowledge, attitudes, skills, and stigma towards IPV and its consequences, particularly on psychological trauma among health care providers.

Conditions

• Intimate Partner Violence
• Domestic Violence
• Intervention
• Mental Health
• Secondary Prevention
• Problem Management Plus
• Cluster Randomized Trial

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	DeVI	A multi-component intervention is devised from the components of PM+ developed by WHO incorporating the components of violence prevention. The intervention is anticipated to provide behavioral skills to the participants in the intervention arm which will enhance their coping skills with past experiences of violence, stress management skills, problem-solving skills and safety planning skills. Further, they will be shared the best practices and lessons learned which will aid in danger assessments and prevention of future violence. The intervention will be given to intervention arm in 5 different sessions, one in each week. The 1st session of the intervention is about understanding the multi-component intervention. The 2nd session is identifying and managing problem, 3rd session is about stress management, followed by development of safety plan in 4th session and last session is about promotion of social support.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-06-08
• Primary completion: 2023-07-07
• Completion: 2024-02-22
• First posted: 2022-06-22
• Last updated: 2025-08-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Nepal