Multi-component Family Intervention to Lower Depression and Address Intimate Partner Violence in Nepal

Launched by POSSIBLE · Feb 13, 2025

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is studying a new approach called the Multi-component Family Intervention to Lower depression and Address Intimate Partner Violence (MILAP) in Nepal. Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a serious issue that affects many women and can lead to mental health problems like depression and PTSD. The trial aims to see if involving not just women, but also their husbands and mothers-in-law in the treatment can help reduce IPV and improve mental health for young married women aged 15-24 who have experienced violence in the past year.

To be eligible for this study, participants must be married women living with their husbands and mothers-in-law in the same household, speak Maithili or Nepali, and have experienced some form of IPV recently. Participants will be divided into two groups: one will receive the MILAP intervention, while the other will get standard care. They will answer questions about their mental health and experiences with IPV at the start of the study, after one month, and every three months for a year. This trial is not yet recruiting, but it holds promise for helping families in Nepal address both IPV and mental health issues together.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Married women aged 15-24 years, their husbands and MILs sharing a household;
• • Living in the catchment area with no stated intention of leaving during the study period;
• • Participants speaking in Maithili or Nepali;
• • Wife reporting Intimate Partner Violence (physical, sexual or abusive control) in last 12 months as measured by three questions from the International Violence Against Women Survey (IVAWS);
• • Expressing desire to remain in the current relationship/family
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Pregnant women;
• • History of IPV severe enough to result in hospitalization in the past 12 months;
• • Significant cognitive problems/disability precluding participation;
• • Any participant with Severe Alcohol Dependence, defined as Severity of Alcohol Dependence Questionnaire (SADQ) \> 31 (those with mild to moderate dependance will be referred but not excluded)