@article{ref1,
title="An intervention to increase safety behaviors of abused women: results of a randomized clinical trial",
journal="Nursing research",
year="2002",
author="McFarlane, Judith M. and Malecha, Ann and Gist, Julia and Watson, Kathy and Batten, Elizabeth and Hall, Iva and Smith, Sheila",
volume="51",
number="6",
pages="347-354",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Although intimate partner violence is recognized as a major threat to women's health, few interventions have been developed or tested. OBJECTIVE: To test an intervention administered to abused women in order to increase safety-seeking behaviors. METHOD: A two-group clinical trial randomized 75 abused women to receive six telephone intervention sessions on safety behaviors. A control group of 75 women received standard care. Women in both groups were re-interviewed at 3 months and 6 months post-initial measurement. RESULTS: Using repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA), we found significantly [F (2,146) 5.11, =.007] more adopted safety behaviors reported by women in the intervention group than by women in the control group at both the 3-month [F (91,74) = 19.70, <.001] and 6-month [F (1,74) = 15.90, <.001] interviews. The effect size (ES) of the intervention was large at 3 months (ES = 1.5) and remained substantial at 6 months (ES = 0.56). DISCUSSION: These findings demonstrate that an intervention to increase safety behaviors of abused women is highly effective when offered following an abusive incident and remains effective for 6 months.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0029-6562",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}