Occupational Therapy for Adults Who Have Experienced Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)

Loma Linda University (LLU)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Domestic Violence

Treatments: Behavioral: Health and coping skills

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06808828

5240501

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this graduate student research study is to understand the effectiveness of an occupational therapy program in a domestic violence shelter. It is expected that participation will last about 6 weeks. Subjects will complete pretests involving lifestyle assessments and a coping scale and then participate in 8 occupational therapy sessions during the 4 weeks of program implementation. The occupational therapy sessions will last approximately 90 minutes. After the program is completed, subjects will complete the posttests.

Procedures and Activities. You will be asked to:

Complete a series of questionnaires about your health, well-being, and daily activities.

Participate in 8 OT sessions that may include activities such as journaling, positive self-talk, coping skills methods, and grounding exercises.

Complete the posttests.

Enrollment: 25 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Male or Female 18 years of age or older receiving services from a domestic violence organization

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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25 participants in 1 patient group

Health and coping skills

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects will complete an 8-item occupational therapy lifestyle medicine checklist at each session. The subjects will participate in eight sessions receiving education on health topics of sleep hygiene, physical activity, healthy cooking, self-management, coping skills, self-esteem, mindfulness, and goal setting.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Health and coping skills