{"id":121110,"date":"2024-04-29T16:00:25","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T20:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/?p=121110"},"modified":"2024-04-29T16:20:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T20:20:10","slug":"katherine-iverson-phd-to-co-lead-6m-intimate-partner-violence-intervention-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/2024\/04\/29\/katherine-iverson-phd-to-co-lead-6m-intimate-partner-violence-intervention-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Katherine Iverson, PhD, to Co-lead $6M Intimate Partner Violence Intervention Study"},"content":{"rendered":"

Katherine Iverson<\/a>, PhD, has received $6 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to study a comprehensive, personalized intervention for patients who have experienced intimate partner violence (IPV).<\/p>\n

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Iverson, associate professor of psychiatry and clinical research psychologist at the Women\u2019s Health Sciences Division of the National Center for PTSD and VA Boston Healthcare System will co-lead the study with Melissa Dichter, PhD, MSW, a researcher at the VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, and associate professor in the College of Public Health at Temple University. It will test whether Recovering from IPV through Strengths and Empowerment \u2013 RISE \u2013 or brief advocacy counseling, which is the most common intervention, is better for improving self-efficacy and mental health symptoms, such as depression, among patients with past-year IPV at VA healthcare facilities.<\/p>\n

RISE was developed for patients experiencing IPV to provide them with an individualized, motivational and flexible intervention that addresses safety planning, IPV health effects and warning signs, coping and self-care, social support, sexual violence over the lifespan, and connecting with resources and moving forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cEarly research on RISE suggests it\u2019s effective at improving patients\u2019 self-efficacy and depression symptoms,\u201d said Dichter. \u201cHowever, it\u2019s not known how well RISE works compared to what patients typically receive for IPV intervention in healthcare settings. That\u2019s what we want to find out.\u201d<\/p>\n

The five-year study will randomly assign patients to either RISE or brief advocacy. Participants will answer questions about self-efficacy and depression symptoms before receiving treatment, 12 weeks later, and every three months after that for one year. Researchers will compare which intervention \u2013 RISE versus brief advocacy \u2013 worked better to increase self-efficacy and decrease depression symptoms.<\/p>\n

\u201cIPV is more common among military Veterans, so there\u2019s a particular need for more personalized, structured and comprehensive interventions among this group,\u201d said Iverson. \u201cWhat we learn from this study is likely to be helpful for improving health outcomes among Veterans, and among the general population, as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

The study was selected by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, or PCORI, through a competitive review process in which patients, caregivers and other stakeholders join scientists to evaluate proposals. The award has been approved pending completion of a business and programmatic review by PCORI staff and a formal award contract.<\/p>\n

Learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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