Impact of 'Samalochana' Program on Women Who Have Experienced Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)

NMP Medical Research Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Domestic Violence; Intimate Partner Violence

Treatments: Other: Samalochana Counselling; Other: Wait list control

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03813901

NMP/Arsha 2091

Details and patient eligibility

About

Violence has immediate effects on women's health, which in some cases, is fatal. Physical, mental and behavioural health consequences can also persist long after the violence has stopped. Violence against women and girls occurs in every country and culture and is rooted in social and cultural attitudes and norms that privilege men over women and boys over girls.

Research consistently finds that the more severe the abuse, the greater its impact on women's physical and mental health. In addition, the negative health consequences can persist long after abuse has stopped.Present work shares the impact of arsha vidya counselling for women who has been victim of violence.

Enrollment: 102 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Woman
• Able to attend regular counselling
• Planning to remain in area for next 6 months
• have experience intimate partner violence (physical, emotional, psychological, and/or sexual), including coercive control from a current or former partner in the previous 12 months and no later than 3 years.

Exclusion criteria

• Man
• Under 19 years of age
• Cannot attend at regular basis
• Living outside of the selected study sites, or planning to relocate in next 4 months
• Separated more than 3 years ago

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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102 participants in 2 patient groups

Samalochana Counselling group

Experimental group

Description:

Arsha Vidya advaita vedanta based counselling were given to the women

Treatment:

Other: Samalochana Counselling

Wait-list control group

Other group

Description:

Wait list group were not given any supportive care during the period. After that, they were offered the similar program as Counselling group.

Treatment:

Other: Wait list control