A Trial of Telephone Support Services to Prevent Further Intimate Partner Violence. (December 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Stevens, Jack; Scribano, Philip V.; Marshall, Jessica; Nadkarni, Radha; Hayes, John; Kelleher, Kelly J.
• Is Part Of: Violence against women. Volume 21:Number 12(2015:Dec.)
• Page Start: 1528
• Page End: 1547
• Publication Date: 2015-12
• Subjects: intimate partner violence -- telephone -- randomized trial; Abused women -- Periodicals; Women -- Crimes against -- Periodicals; Violent crimes -- Periodicals; Femmes victimes de violence -- Périodiques; Femmes, Crimes contre les -- Périodiques; Crimes violents -- Périodiques; 362.8292
• DOI: 10.1177/1077801215596849
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1077-8012

Abstract

We conducted a randomized-controlled trial of telephone support services (TSS) versus enhanced usual care (EUC) for women who had reported intimate partner violence (IPV) within the past year during a visit to a pediatric emergency department. TSS nurse interventionists identified appropriate referrals to community programs, helped participants by problem-solving barriers to obtaining these local services, and provided social support. Three hundred women, ages 18 years and above were recruited. The TSS and EUC groups did not differ on any outcome variable, including IPV victimization, feelings of chronic vulnerability to a perpetrator, depressive symptoms, and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms.