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Recovering From IPV Through Strengths and Empowerment (RISE) Versus Advocacy-based Enhanced Care as Usual for Patients Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence
Led by Boston University · Updated on 2025-10-14
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Participants Needed
3
Research Sites
N/A
Total Duration
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Sponsors
B
Boston University
Lead Sponsor
V
VA Boston Healthcare System
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Researchers are evaluating two counseling approaches to support Veterans Health Administration patients who have experienced intimate partner violence (IPV) in the past year. The study aims to compare Recovering from IPV through Strength and Empowerment (RISE), a personalized and empowerment-focused intervention, with an advocacy-based Enhanced Care as Usual (ECAU) counseling session. This research focuses on improving self-efficacy and other health outcomes for patients affected by IPV. The RISE intervention includes up to 8 sessions, starting with an initial 60-minute session followed by up to seven 45-minute sessions tailored to participant needs. The advocacy-based ECAU consists of one 60-minute session offering supportive education, safety planning, and resource referrals. Participants are randomly assigned to either receive one or more RISE sessions or a single ECAU session. Participants will complete surveys measuring self-efficacy, mental health symptoms, alcohol use, quality of life, and other safety and health indicators before treatment, around 12 weeks after, and then every three months for up to one year. The total participation time is about 15 months, during which researchers will monitor these outcomes and treatment satisfaction to understand which intervention better supports patients recovering from IPV.
CONDITIONS
Brief Title
RISE Versus Advocacy-based Enhanced Care as Usual for Patients Experiencing IPV
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Patients receiving care at an enrolled Veterans Health Administration site or affiliated Community-Based Outpatient Clinic
- Report experience of physical, psychological, or sexual intimate partner violence in the past 12 months using an established screening tool
- Able to provide informed consent, including permission to record intervention sessions
You will not qualify if you...
- Severe cognitive impairment
- Suicidal or homicidal intent with a specific plan
- Untreated or unstable symptoms of mania or psychosis
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Your Study Journey
Duration - 2 to 4 weeks
Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial.
1 visit (in-person)
Duration - Variable depending on number of sessions
Participants receive behavioral interventions to support recovery from intimate partner violence. This includes either 1 to 8 personalized RISE sessions or a single Advocacy-based ECAU session.
1 to 8 sessions (in-person or remote depending on assignment)
Duration - Up to 15 months after baseline
Participants complete assessments to evaluate self-efficacy, mental health symptoms, quality of life, and service use over time following treatment.
Assessments at baseline, 3, 6, 9, 12, and 15 months
Trial Site Locations
Total: 3 locations
1
VA Boston Healthcare System
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02130
Actively Recruiting
2
VA Minneapolis Healthcare System
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55417
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3
VA Philadelphia Healthcare System
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
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Research Team
K
Katherine M Iverson, PhD
J
Julianne Brady
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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