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

Advaita Vedanta and Counselling for Women Who Have Experienced Intimate Partner Violence: Impact on Women's Health

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Domestic Violence; Intimate Partner Violence
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Samalochana Counselling; Other: Wait list control

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 102
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• India
  • Rajasthan
    • Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, 302019
      • Divya

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 50 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

Description

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

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Samalochana Counselling group; Arsha Vidya advaita vedanta based counselling were given to the women	Other: Samalochana Counselling; Counselling program was individual, based on advaita vedanta and traditional philosophical grounds to answer individual fears, concerns,conflicts and difficulties in order to cope and recover.
Other: Wait-list control group; Wait list group were not given any supportive care during the period. After that, they were offered the similar program as Counselling group.	Other: Wait list control; Wait list had no intervention offered during the study period. Afterwards, they were offered the counselling for the same duration.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in Quality of Life	Quality of Life was measured using SF-36 questionnaire	Change from baseline to 12-week

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in Anxiety	Anxiety was measured using Beck Anxiety Inventory	Change from Baseline to 12-weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: NMP Medical Research Institute
• Collaborators: Warwick Research Services; Arsha Vidya Study Centre, Tamilnadu, India
• Investigators: Study Director: Vandana Mishra, Sarvatra International, South Africa

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): June 21, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 22, 2018
• Study Completion (Actual): December 21, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 21, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 21, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): January 23, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 5, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 2, 2019
• Last Verified: January 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: NMP/Arsha 2091

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No