Yoga for Black and Brown Women Who Have Experienced Abuse From an Intimate Partner

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 1
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexFemale
Age18+
SponsorThe University of Akron

About this trial

The goal of this clinical trial is to determine if a culturally tailored and trauma-informed yoga (CT-TIY) program improves the overall well-being of Black and Brown women who have experienced IPV. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* What is the feasibility, acceptability, and safety of delivering the CT-TIY program? * Do participants randomized to the CT-TIY program experience increases in our primary outcome of psychological well-being relative to women randomized to an enhanced care-as-usual control condition? * Do participants randomized to the CT-TIY program experience improvements in our secondary outcomes of empowerment, resilience, health-related quality of life, collective self-esteem, and culturally specific coping relative to participants randomized to an enhanced care-as-usual control condition? Researchers will compare CT-TIY to enhanced care-as-usual to see if CT-TIY to determine the feasibility, acceptability, safety, as well as initial efficacy of the yoga program.

Participants randomized to the CT-TIY program will:

* Have 15 weeks to complete a target of 10 CT-TIY yoga classes * Provide feedback on the CT-TIY program after each class they attend * Complete assessments at Baseline, after completing the CT-TIY program (week 16), as well as 3-months (week 27) after completing the CT-TIY program * Complete an exit interview where they provide feedback on their experiences in the yoga program

Participants randomized to the enhanced care-as-usual control condition will:

* Receive a referral to a domestic violence provider and the Futures without Violence General Health Safety Card, designed to help women recognize how their relationship impacts their health and the lives of their children, and provides information on safety planning and hotlines for support. * Complete assessments at Baseline, week 16, and week 27 of the study.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Self-identify as a Woman of Color (WOC).

Lifetime experience of intimate partner violence (IPV)

Age 18 years or older.

Willingness to complete study procedures

Disqualifiers

None

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Culturally-Tailored, Trauma-Informed Yoga (CT-TIY)

    Behavioral

    Participants will be offered 15 weekly yoga classes and encouraged to attend at least 10 classes. Each class will be 75 minutes long. Yoga classes will include time to settle in, opening and closing rituals, breathwork and mindful movement. Childcare and transportation assistance (e.g., bus passes, gas cards) will be provided.

  • Enhanced Care as Usual (ECU)

    Other intervention

    Participants will be offered a referral to a local domestic violence provider, as well as the Futures without Violence General health Safety Card which is designed to help women recognize how their relationship impacts their health and the lives of their children, and provides information on safety planning and hotlines for support

Treatment groups

40 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Culturally Tailored, Trauma-Informed Yoga (CT-TIY)Experimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Enhanced Care as Usual (ECU)Other 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Ryff Psychological Wellbeing Scale

42 item measure of psychological wellbeing with scores ranging from 42-294; higher scores = higher wellbeing

Time frame
Baseline, 16 weeks, 27 weeks

Secondary outcomes

1

Personal Progress Scale Revised

28 item scale measuring empowerment with scores ranging from 28 to 196; higher scores = higher empowerment

Time frame
Baseline, 16 weeks, 27 weeks
2

Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale 10

10 item measure of resilience with scores ranging from 0 to 40; higher scores = higher empowerment

Time frame
Baseline, 16 weeks, 27 weeks
3

Short Form 8 Health Survey

8 item measure of health-related quality of life with scores ranging from 0 to 100; higher scores = greater health-related quality of life

Time frame
Baseline, 16 weeks, 27 weeks
4

Collective Self-Esteem Scale

a 16-item measure of collective self-esteem with scores ranging from 16 to 112; higher scores = higher collective self-esteem

Time frame
Baseline, 16 weeks, 27 weeks

Other outcomes

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