An Evaluation of the "Treatment Group Model for Abused Women" in Shelters in Hong Kong

The University of Hong Kong (HKU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Abused Women

Treatments: Behavioral: Standard care for abused women; Behavioral: self-esteem enhancement group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03050580

UW12-557

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is cluster randomized control trial, that aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment group model for abused women in enhancing their self-esteem and reducing the level of depression, in three shelters for abused women of Po Leung Kuk (a social service organization in Hong Kong). It is hypothesized that subjects in the Treatment Group would report significant improvement in self-esteem, social support, quality of life; reduction in the level of depression, symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder at 3 months after service delivery.

Full description

This is cluster randomized control trial, that aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment group model for abused women in enhancing their self-esteem and reducing the level of depression, in three shelters for abused women of Po Leung Kuk (a social service organization in Hong Kong). 50-60 abused women are recruited as treatment group from two randomized shelters of Po Leung Kuk (Shelters A and B), where subjects receive self-esteem enhancement group intervention for abused women. Another 50-60 abused women are recruited as the control group from a randomized shelter of Po Leung Kuk (Shelter C), where subject receive standard shelter services for abused women. It is hypothesized that subjects in the Treatment Group would report significant improvement in self-esteem, social support, quality of life; reduction in the level of depression, symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder at 3 months after service delivery, are compared to those in the control group.

Enrollment: 122 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Abused women of family violence aged 18 or older
• Receiving services from shelters of Po Leung Kuk

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to communicate (possible reasons: dialects used by targets but not understandable by interviewers; mentally challenged)
• Unable to give consent to participate in the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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122 participants in 2 patient groups

Self-esteem enhancement group

Experimental group

Description:

The self-esteem enhancement group service for abused women will receive a six-session program for recognizing strengths and resources through group activities and sharing.

Treatment:

Behavioral: self-esteem enhancement group

Standard care

Active Comparator group

Description:

The shelter standard care for abused women includes residential accommodations, emotional support, legal, housing and financial advice and referral service.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Standard care for abused women