Intimate Partner Violence and Pregnancy, a Perinatal Care Intervention Study (MOM)

University Ghent

Status: Completed

Conditions: Intimate Partner Violence

Treatments: Other: no resource card; Other: resource card

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01158690

2010/093

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study composes of two large parts, in particular a large scale prevalence/incidence study and a single-blind randomised controlled trial (RCT). The prevalence/incidence study aims to determine the prevalence/incidence of physical, psychological and sexual violence in a pregnant population. The study population is recruited through the prenatal consultation of more or less 15 hospitals in Belgium. The respondents fill out a questionnaire on the spot minimum one time during pregnancy. Based on this questionnaire, the investigators aim to recruit 150 victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) to participate in the second part of the study. The RCT aims to evaluate if there is a safe and effective way to reduce IPV within the perinatal care setting. The investigators hypothesise that screening pregnant women for violence in combination with handing out a resource card, has the potential of interrupting the IPV and increase help-seeking behaviour.

Enrollment: 199 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Dutch-, French- or English speaking
• Victim of intimate partner violence based on the questionnaire
• Accessible through telephone and no safety problems

Exclusion criteria

• Not Dutch-, French- or English speaking
• Not a victim of intimate partner violence one year before or during pregnancy
• Not accessible through telephone and/or safety problems

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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199 participants in 2 patient groups

resource card group

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention group will receive an envelope with a gift voucher and a resource card (wallet size card with on the one side safety measures and on the other side contact details of resources for violence).

Treatment:

Other: resource card

control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

The control group will receive the same envelop with a gift voucher and a letter of thanks.

Treatment:

Other: no resource card