Effects of an intervention program for female victims of intimate partner violence on psychological symptoms and perceived social support

Figures & data

Table 1 Descriptive characteristics and psychological symptoms before the start of the intervention on the women completing the whole intervention program and groups of women dropping out prematurely

	Women completing the whole intervention program (n=70)	Women completing the stabilization program and treatment program (n=17)	Women completing only the stabilization program (n=50)	Women dropping out before the start of the treatment (n=75)
	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
Civil Status
Single	42 (76.4)	10 (71.4)	37 (75.5)	60 (89.6)
Married	6 (10.9)	2 (14.3)	4 (8.2)	5 (7.5)
Separated	2 (3.6)	2 (14.3)	5 (10.2)	2 (2.9)
With a partner	5 (9.1)	–	3 (6.1)	–
Years of education
>10 years	17 (32.1)	6 (46.2)	22 (50)	23 (34.8)
<10 year	36 (67.9)	7 (53.8)	22 (50)	43 (65.2)
Work status
Ordinary work	32 (59.3)	7 (50)	23 (47.9)	24 (36.4)
Under education	6 (11.1)	3 (21.4)	7 (14.6)	12 (18.2)
Unemployed	16 (29.6)	4 (28.6)	16 (33.3)	23 (34.8)
Public support	–	–	2 (4.2)	7 (10.6)
Violence frequency
Daily	15 (34.9)	4 (28.6)	10 (26.3)	13 (28.3)
Weekly	14 (32.5)	8 (57.1)	18 (47.4)	21 (45.7)
Monthly	14 (32.5)	2 (14.3)	9 (23.7)	10 (21.7)
One time	–	–	–	1 (2.2)
Not sure	–	–	1 (2.6)	1 (2.2)
Violence duration
<1 year	1 (2.3)	–	1 (2.6)	3 (5.6)
1–4 years	18 (41.9)	7 (50)	23 (60.5)	30 (55.6)
>5 years	24 (55.8)	7 (50)	14 (36.8)	21 (38.8)
Psychological symptoms before interventions start	M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)
PTSD severity	46.71 (9.15)	45.78 (10.93)	43.02 (8.61)	45.88 (10.28)
Depressive symptoms	35.28 (8.48)	35.00 (8.81)	36.74 (8.32)	35.50 (9.25)
Anxiety symptoms	27.74 (5.31)	27.73 (5.33)	26.76 (5.22)	27.08 (5.29)
Perceived social support before intervention start	27.83 (6.86)	26.60 (6.11)	26.96 (7.96)	26.11 (7.64)

Table 2 Intervention effect on psychological symptoms and perceived social support

	Before intervention M (SD)	After intervention M (SD)	t-test	Effect size (d)
PTSD severity	46.71 (9.15)	35.15 (10.23)	t(56)=6.50*	1.19
Depressive symptoms	35.39 (8.61)	23.20 (6.55)	t(52)=9.1*	1.59
Anxiety symptoms	27.62 (5.38)	17.03 (4.35)	t(50)=12.50*	2.16
Perceived social support	27.72 (6.85)	32.79 (6.85)	t(53)=−5.77*	0.88

*p<0.01.

Fig. 1 The development of PTSD severity, depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and perceived social support over the individual treatment phases.