Trial reportPloS one2025
Evaluating the spillover effects of the Sugira Muryango home-visiting intervention on temperament of children aged (0.3-3years) exposed to domestic violence: A cluster randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in PloS one, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- Article
Corrections and comments
- Retraction · 2025-07-10Concerns/Issues about Data · Concerns/Issues about Results and/or Conclusions · Error in Analyses · Error in Data · Lack of Approval from Author · Lack of Approval from Third Party ·
- Retracted
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundDomestic violence, intimate partner violence, and violence against children and women adversely affect children's well-being. The Sugira Muryango Program (SM) in Rwanda, a home-visiting intervention, aimed to to improve caregiving practices and family dynamics, may also have potential indirect effects on children's temperament.
objectivesThis study assesses the impact of SM on the temperament of younger children whose families benefited from the intervention, comparing their temperament with those under usual care.
methodsThis study utilized a spillover effect cohort design, focusing on 247 younger siblings of children enrolled in the Sugira Muryango Program (SM) to assess potential spillover effects of the intervention. The temperament of these siblings was measured using the Infant Behavior Questionnaire-Revised Short Form, which was translated into native language of the respondents. Multiple linear regression analysis was performed using SPSS version 29, with the treatment group (SM vs. UC) as the main predictor and temperament as the dependent variable.
resultsThe analysis showed no statistically significant differences in key temperament traits such as surgency, negative emotionality, and orienting capacity between the intervention and control groups. The findings indicated that changes in surgency (B = 1.984, t = 1.183, p = 0.24), negative emotionality (B = -1.657, t = -0.915, p = 0.36), and orienting capacity (B = 0.551, t = 0.313, p = 0.75) were not significant.
conclusionThe results suggest that SM had limited spillover effects on the temperament traits of younger siblings. Given that the intervention was primarily designed to improve broader family dynamics rather than directly impact child temperament, these findings highlight the importance of focusing on direct intervention strategies aimed explicitly at the target child population. Future research should align with the theory of change by examining caregiver-related outcomes, such as parenting practices and mental health, which may influence child temperament. Additionally, considering potential external factors like the COVID-19 pandemic may have influenced the effectiveness of the intervention.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.