Cochrane · systematic review · CD005043
Advocacy interventions to reduce or eliminate violence and promote the physical and psychosocial well‐being of women who experience intimate partner abuse
Rivas, C, Ramsay, J, Sadowski, L, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2015 · Cochrane Library
Developmental, Psychosocial and Learning ProblemsAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
13
current version
GRADE rated
13
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 4 · 30.8%Low 3 · 23.1%Moderate 6 · 46.2%High 0 · 0%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
Intensive advocacy interventions for women who experience intimate partner abuse versus usual care at up to 12‐month follow‐up
Population: women with intimate partner abuse
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Physical abuse Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS; 80 items rated on a 7‐point scale) Intensive advocacy interventions for women who experience intimate partner abuse vs usual care at up to 12‐month follow‐up | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 265 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Physical abuse (dichotomous outcome) Intensive advocacy interventions for women who experience intimate partner abuse vs usual care at up to 12‐month follow‐up | OR 0.61 [0.33, 1.14] | 2 studies · 182 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Emotional abuse (dichotomous outcome) Intensive advocacy interventions for women who experience intimate partner abuse vs usual care at up to 12‐month follow‐up | OR 0.58 [0.3, 1.13] | 1 study · 141 participants | Moderate |
Emotional abuse Index of Psychological Abuse (IPA; 33 items rated on a 4‐point scale) Intensive advocacy interventions for women who experience intimate partner abuse vs usual care at up to 12‐month follow‐up | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 265 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Overall abuse One study used a composite of two scales (12 items. Scale from 0 to 36) Other study used Composite Abuse Scale (CAS)i (30 items presented in a 6‐point format requiring respondents to answer 'never', 'only once', 'several times', 'mon... Intensive advocacy interventions for women who experience intimate partner abuse vs usual care at up to 12‐month follow‐up | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 181 participants | Very low Downgraded: imprecision |
Overall abuse (dichotomous outcome) Intensive advocacy interventions for women who experience intimate partner abuse vs usual care at up to 12‐month follow‐up | OR 0.72 [0.29, 1.79] | 1 study · 103 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Brief advocacy interventions for women who experience intimate partner abuse versus usual care at up to 12‐month follow‐up
Population: women with intimate partner abuse
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Physical abuse Outcome was measured on different scales in different studiesa Brief advocacy interventions for women who experience intimate partner abuse vs usual care at up to 12‐month follow‐up | no estimate extracted | 3 studies · 558 participants | Moderate Downgraded: imprecision |
Physical abuse by severity ‐ severe Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS) mean change from baseline Brief advocacy interventions for women who experience intimate partner abuse vs usual care at up to 12‐month follow‐up | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 110 participants | Moderate |
Sexual abuse CTS and Partner Abuse Scale (PAS)e Brief advocacy interventions for women who experience intimate partner abuse vs usual care at up to 12‐month follow‐up | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 239 participants | Moderate Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency |
Sexual abuse CTS sexual abuse single‐item mean change from baseline Brief advocacy interventions for women who experience intimate partner abuse vs usual care at up to 12‐month follow‐up | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 110 participants | Moderate |
Emotional abuse Outcome was measured on different scales in different studiesj Brief advocacy interventions for women who experience intimate partner abuse vs usual care at up to 12‐month follow‐up | no estimate extracted | 3 studies · 558 participants | Low Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency |
Emotional abuse CTS mean change from baseline Brief advocacy interventions for women who experience intimate partner abuse vs usual care at up to 12‐month follow‐up | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 110 participants | Moderate |
Overall abuse Index of Spouse Abuse (ISA) score. Scale from 0 to 30 Brief advocacy interventions for women who experience intimate partner abuse vs usual care at up to 12‐month follow‐up | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 53 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |