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NCT Number: NCT01028118

Violence Against Women and Consequences During Climacteric´s Phase

Objective- Analysis of the health status of women who were or are victims of domestic and sexual violence seeking attention at the outpatient clinic for Endocrines Gynecology and Climactery - University of Sao Paulo General Hospital.

To widen the comprehension of the binomial relationship violence-pathologies by professionals/staff who work in health services, offering women in such situation humane, comprehensive and qualified attention. Specific Objectives: decreasing the rates of domestic and sexual violence against women employing: prevention, health education and treatment - within the context of health services and public policies.

Methodology - Project Type: Research in Action A- Attention to women in a situation of domestic and sexual violence during climactery; B- Information/Education/Communication (IEC) C- Behavioral Intervention (IC) D- Institutional Development (DI). Target Populations: 1. Women (during the ages of 40 to 65 years) who were or are victims of domestic and/or sexual violence; 2. Professional/staff who work in services attending women in sexual and domestic violent situations (health professionals, policemen, civil society) in areas located within the South Regional Health Coordination - SRC. To collect information, a semi structured questionnaire will be employed during seven months in 2009.

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Key information

Conditions

Violence Battered Women Cognitive Behavior Therapy

Age range

40 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

Hospital das Clinicas of the Medicine College of the University of São Paulo

São Paulo, 05403-900, Brazil

About this study

Trained professionals will work in the regions of: Campo Limpo, M'Boi Mirim, Santo Amaro and neighboring regions, neighborhood in which the Social Vulnerability Index of São Paulo (IPVS) shows high records.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Women (during the ages of 40 to 65 years) who were or are victims of domestic and/or sexual violence

Exclusion criteria

  • Women who were not victims of domestic and/or sexual violence.
  • Women that were not 40 to 65 years.

Treatment and study plan

Identifying experience with violence

Other

Asking about life experience with violence and Cognitive Behavior Therapy.

Other names: Violence attention, Therapy

Primary outcomes

  1. Sessions of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is good for women subject to sexual violence.

    Time frame: 8 months

    Women subjected to sexual violence had significative higher incidence of depression and fibromyalgia that did not respond to classic treatment; after two of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy started to respond to medicine previously employed.

  2. PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN CHILDOOD AND/OR ADOLESCENTS: LESSER PREVALENCE OF COMORBIDITIES IN CLIMACTERIC´S PHASE.

    Time frame: four months

    Analyzing among women who suffered violence in childhood and/or adolescence comorbidities they suffered in climacteric´s phase. We applied a semi-structured questionnaire for women in climactery who suffered domestic violence. We performed descriptive and comparative analysis on violences both groups (violence in childhood and/or adolescence and violence in adulthood) with chronic affections presented in climactery.

    Conclusion: suffering domestic violence during childhood and/or adolescence presents higher prevalence of comorbidities during climacteric´s phase.

  3. Analyzing among women who suffered violence the comorbidities they suffered in climacteric´s phase.

    Time frame: 3 months

    Chronic pathologies in women who suffered violence in childhood/adolescence: Hypertension 47,5%, Diabetes 14,17%, Depression 70,0%;Labyrintitis 36,67%, Fybromialgy 30,83%, Rheumatic disease 25,0%, Ovarian cancer 1,67%, Uterine cancer 3,33%, Disk hernia 13,33%, Allergies 30,83%, Bronchitis 10,83%, Thrombosis 6,67%. Comparing these women to those who suffered violence during adulthood, these women resulted in higher prevalence of Diabetes, Depression, Labyrintitis, Ovarian cancer, Bronchitis/breathing allergies and Thrombosis, when compared to women subjected to violence during adulthood.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Sessions of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is good for women subject to sexual violence.

    Time frame: 8 months

    Women subjected to violence in any phase of their lives had at least three chronic comorbidities. The correlation between having been subjected to violence and suffering from depression, fibromyalgia or sexual dysfunctions (statistical significant).

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

Other

Collaborators

  • Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
  • Núcleo de Estudos Sobre Violência e Humanização da Assistencia à Saúde

Registry information

Official study title

Domestic and Sexual Violence Against Women: Consequences for Climacteric´s Phase

Acronym: DV

Important dates

Study start
2009
Primary completion
2009
Study completion
2009
First posted
Dec 9, 2009
Registry last updated
Apr 8, 2010

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