The EMBER protocol is a health care method that is designed to increase resilience, in order to improve well-being and overall health in women who have experienced violence by a partner. This study explores whether the EMBER intervention works in this way. Eight participants will take part in the EMBER program and complete questionnaires every week during the intervention. The researchers will compare the timeline for the intervention to how resilience levels change. They will also check whether changes in resilience are linked to changes in health and well-being.
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a global problem with complex consequences in society as well as for the victim/survivor. The EMBER-protocol was developed at National Center for Knowledge on Men´s violence against Women, Uppsala University, Sweden. The purpose of the protocol is to provide women who have been subjected to IPV with support and tools for empowerment and improving resilience, thereby improving health and well-being. In this study with replicated single-case design, 8 patients will complete questionnaires bi-weekly while taking part of the intervention, starting from their very first contact with the clinic. The questionnaires are completed using a mobile application. Data will be processed using a combination of visual and statistical analysis, in order to examine how interventions intended to improve resilience, changes in resilience measures and changes in well-being and health relate to each other temporally.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
8
A 4-step, Resilience-focused intervention based on the Resilience Portfolio Model, administered in individual format.
A 4-step, Resilience-focused intervention based on the Resilience Portfolio Model, administered in group format.
Uppsala University Hospital
Uppsala, Uppsala County, Sweden
Resilience - Psychological Endurance
The self assessment questionnaire Psychological Endurance Scale (range 6-24, higher value indicates higher endurance) is completed bi-weekly using a mobile application. Data will be analyzed with a combination of visual and statistical analyses.
Time frame: Bi-weekly from enrollment 2-6 weeks prior to start of intervention, to completion of the intervention (intervention phase A and/or C). Follow-up 6 weeks post-intervention.
Resilience - Subjective Social Support
The Oslo Subjective Social Support Scale - 3 items (range 3-14, higher value indicates higher level of social support) is completed bi-weekly using a mobile application. Data will be processed using a combination of visual and statistical analyses.
Time frame: Bi-weekly from enrollment 2-6 weeks prior to start of intervention to completion of the intervention (intervention phase A and/or C). Follow-up 6 weeks post-intervention.
Resilience - Meaning Making
The MAPS - Meaningfulness subscale (range 5-25, higher value indicating higher meaningfulness) is completed by the subjects bi-weekly. Data is processed using a combination of statistical and visual analyses.
Time frame: Bi-weekly from enrollment 2-6 weeks prior to start of the intervention, to completion of the intervention (intervention phase A and/or C). Follow-up 6 weeks post-intervention.
Health
General, Somatic, Mental, Social and Sexual health is measured by 5 questions regarding subjective health the past week which are administered to the subject using a mobile application. The subject grades ones health on a visuoanalogue scale ranging from -10 to +10. The range on the total scale is thus -50 to +50, subscales -10 to +10. Higher value indicates better health. Data is processed using a combination in visual and statistical analyses.
Time frame: Bi-weekly from enrollment 2-6 weeks prior to the intervention, to completion of the intervention (intervention phase A and/or C). Follow-up 6 weeks post-intervention.
Shame
Shame is measured using the External and Internal Shame Scale (EISS; range 0.00-4.00, higher value indicating higher levels of shame), administered to patients using a mobile application. Data is processed using a combination of statistical and visual analyses.
Time frame: Bi-weekly from enrollment 2-6 weeks prior to start of the intervention, to completion of the intervention (intervention phase A and/or C). Follow-up 6 at weeks post-intervention.
Well-Being
Well-being is measured bi-weekly using the Questionnaire on Well-Being (QWB, range 0-72, higher value indicating more wellbeing). Data is processed using a combination of statistical and visual analyses.
Time frame: Bi-weekly from enrollment 2-6 weeks prior to start of the intervention, to completion of the intervention (intervention phase A and/or C). Follow-up at 6 weeks post-intervention.
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