Comparing RISE and advocacy-based enhanced care for Veterans experiencing intimate partner violence

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This project enrolls Veterans receiving care at selected VA sites who report physical, psychological, or sexual IPV in the past 12 months and can consent to recorded intervention sessions. Participants will be assigned to either RISE—up to eight counseling sessions covering topics such as social support, health effects, and resources—or a single-session advocacy-based enhanced care as usual (ECAU) that provides education, safety planning, and resource information. Outcomes including self-efficacy and mental health symptoms will be measured with surveys at baseline and roughly 12 weeks later. Those with severe cognitive impairment, active suicidal or homicidal intent with a specific plan, or untreated/unstable mania or psychosis are excluded.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

* patients receiving care at an enrolled site/affiliated Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC)
* report experience of past-year physical, psychological, and/or sexual IPV on an established screening tool used to detect IPV in VHA, and
* be able to provide informed consent including permission to have intervention sessions recorded

Exclusion Criteria:

* severe cognitive impairment,
* suicide or homicide intent with a specific plan
* untreated or unstable symptoms of mania or psychosis

Where it's running

• VA Boston Healthcare System
  Boston, Massachusetts, United States Recruiting
• VA Minneapolis Healthcare System
  Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States Recruiting
• VA Philadelphia Healthcare System
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Recruiting

Study contacts

• Principal investigator: Katherine M Iverson, PhD — V Boston Healthcare System, BU CASchool Medicine Psychiatry
• Study coordinator: Katherine M Iverson, PhD
• Email: Katherine.Iverson@va.gov
• Phone: 857-364-2066

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.