Types of Intimate Partner Violence and Women's Health

NCT03469739 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: UoB2646
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 29,990
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

This study uses data from 29,990 women from 12 different countries collected by the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence to capture the effect of different types, frequency and timing of IPV on self-reported health, symptoms and suicidal behaviours.

Conditions

Domestic Violence

Keywords

Intimate Partner Violence

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Participant description of their current overall state of health

  Participant description of their current overall state of health- a choice of options- excellent, good, fair, poor or very poor.

  Preceding 4 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Participant reported health in the last 4 weeks- problems walking around, doing usual activities, pain or discomfort, problems with memory or concentration, dizziness or vaginal discharge. Measured by questionnaire.

  Preceding 4 weeks

• Emotional distress. Measured by questionnaire of 20 different symptoms of emotional distress. SRQ-20 (score of 20 different symptoms of emotional distress with yes/no answers)

  Preceding 4 weeks

• Participant reported ever suicidal thoughts or attempts; measured by questionnaire.

  Up to 49 years

• Participant reported medication used for sleep/ pain; measured by questionnaire.

  Preceding 4 weeks

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 15 Years - 49 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

This study consists of further analysis of 29,990 interviews conducted with women in 12 different countries coordinated by the World Health Organisation. They report in most sites around 1500 women between 15 and 49 years old were interviewed. Countries included were Bangladesh, Brazil, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Japan, Maldives, Namibia, Peru, Samoa, Serbia and Montenegro, Thailand and the United Republic of Tanzania.

You may qualify if:

• The WHO report that in most sites, a representative sample of women was obtained using a two-stage cluster sampling scheme to select households and then only one woman per household was randomly selected per household for interview.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Bristol: lead

Related Publications (2)

• Ellsberg M, Jansen HA, Heise L, Watts CH, Garcia-Moreno C; WHO Multi-country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence against Women Study Team. Intimate partner violence and women's physical and mental health in the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence: an observational study. Lancet. 2008 Apr 5;371(9619):1165-72. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60522-X.

  PMID: 18395577 BACKGROUND

• Garcia-Moreno C, Jansen HA, Ellsberg M, Heise L, Watts CH; WHO Multi-country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence against Women Study Team. Prevalence of intimate partner violence: findings from the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence. Lancet. 2006 Oct 7;368(9543):1260-9. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69523-8.

  PMID: 17027732 BACKGROUND

Study Officials

• Gene Feder, MD FRCGP

  University of Bristol

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Lucy C Potter, MB ChB

  University of Bristol

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 10, 2016
• First Posted: March 19, 2018
• Study Start: June 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: August 1, 2017
• Study Completion: August 1, 2017
• Last Updated: March 19, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share