Trial reportPloS one2018
Psychological advocacy towards healing (PATH): A randomized controlled trial of a psychological intervention in a domestic violence service setting.
Trial report in PloS one, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.
- Treatments for Female Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Pooled it
- Psychological therapies for women who experience intimate partner violence.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
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- Post-Acute Care Pathways After Sexual Violence and Intimate Partner Violence: An International Health-Services Scoping Review with Implications for Italy.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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- PROTOCOL: Domestic abuse interventions for mothers in or exiting prison: An evidence and gap map.Campbell systematic reviews · 2023Article
- When "Stay at Home" Can Be Dangerous: Data on Domestic Violence in Italy during COVID-19 Lockdown.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Mental health solutions for domestic violence victims amid COVID-19: a review of the literature.Globalization and health · 2021Review
- Post-traumatic stress disorder, human rights and access to healthcare: an analysis of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights from an ethical perspective.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2021Article
- "From taboo to routine": a qualitative evaluation of a hospital-based advocacy intervention for domestic violence and abuse.BMC health services research · 2020Article
- The coMforT study of a trauma-informed mindfulness intervention for women who have experienced domestic violence and abuse: a protocol for an intervention refinement and individually randomized parallel feasibility trial.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2020Article
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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundExperience of domestic violence and abuse (DVA) is associated with mental illness. Advocacy has little effect on mental health outcomes of female DVA survivors and there is uncertainty about the effectiveness of psychological interventions for this population.
objectiveTo test effectiveness of a psychological intervention delivered by advocates to DVA survivors. DESIGN, MASKING, SETTING,
participantsPragmatic parallel group individually randomized controlled trial of normal DVA advocacy vs. advocacy + psychological intervention. Statistician and researchers blinded to group assignment. Setting: specialist DVA agencies; two UK cities. Participants: Women aged 16 years and older accessing DVA services.
interventionEight specialist psychological advocacy (SPA) sessions with two follow up sessions. MEASUREMENTS: Primary outcomes at 12 months: depression symptoms (PHQ-9) and psychological distress (CORE-OM). Primary analysis: intention to treat linear (logistic) regression model for continuous (binary) outcomes.
results263 women recruited (78 in shelter/refuge, 185 in community), 2 withdrew (1 community, control group; 1 intervention, refuge group), 1 was excluded from the study for protocol violation (community, control group), 130 in intervention and 130 in control groups. Recruitment ended June 2013. 12-month follow up: 64%. At 12-month follow up greater improvement in mental health of women in the intervention group. Difference in average CORE-OM score between intervention and control groups: -3.3 points (95% CI -5.5 to -1.2). Difference in average PHQ-9 score between intervention and control group: -2.2 (95% CI -4.1 to -0.3). At 12 months, 35% of the intervention group and 55% of the control group were above the CORE-OM -2clinical threshold (OR 0.32, 95% CI 0.16 to 0.64); 29% of the intervention group and 46% of the control group were above the PHQ-9 clinical threshold (OR 0.41, 95% CI 0.21 to 0.81). LIMITATIONS: 64% retention at 12 months.
conclusionsAn eight-session psychological intervention delivered by DVA advocates produced clinically relevant improvement in mental health outcomes compared with normal advocacy care.
trial registrationISRCTN registry ISRCTN58561170 Original Research 3675/3750.
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