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CompletedNCT04875494Updated May 6, 2021

Effects of Physical Exercise Versus Group Therapy on Self-esteem Among Domestic Violence Victims

An interventional study of Counseling/support group therapy and Physical Exercise in Domestic Violence, sponsored by Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne. Completed at 1 site in France. Open to female participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-05-06.

Sponsored by Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 1 year 1 month after the study started (first participant enrolled Feb 2020, registered Apr 2021).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
36
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
Female
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Study summary

The current study is a randomized controlled trial comparing the effects of 6 weeks of physical exercise training versus group therapy on self-esteem as well as on the various subdomains of physical self-esteem among women who have experienced domestic violence within the last two months at the time of data collection

Read the detailed description

The present study design includes three arms (two intervention arms): Physical Exercise (Group A), Counseling/Support Group (Group B), and No Intervention (Control, Group C). Random allocation to each group was done in a 1:1:1 ratio at the end of an initial telephone interview by one of the authors. A permutated block design with a block size of three was used. For each participant in Groups A and B, the assigned intervention was started the week following the initial interview, and lasted 6 weeks.

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Conditions studied

  • Domestic Violence
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In context

Lead sponsor

Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne is the lead sponsor of 62 studies on the registry; 21 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 65 Years
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • having experienced domestic violence at some time in the past 2 months

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • not being physically active on a regular basis (less than 20 min of moderate-vigorous physical activity per day during the last year)
  • absence of medical contraindication to exercise
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
36 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Physical Exercise

    Behavioral: Physical Exercise

  • Active comparator
    Counseling/support group therapy

    Behavioral: Counseling/support group therapy

  • No intervention
    Control

    no intervention

Interventions

  • BehavioralCounseling/support group therapy

    6 weeks of counseling group therapy; 2 sessions of 30 min each week, with a psychologist and two former victims

  • BehavioralPhysical Exercise

    6 weeks of physical exercise training; 2 sessions of 30 min each week, with an instructor

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change score for each of the physical and global self esteem subscales from the Inventaire du Soi Physique (ISP-25). This instrument has 25 items each with a 6-point Likert response scale. Higher scores indicate greater self-esteem (physical or global)

    magnitude of change in global and physical self-esteem from pre- to post-study. Minimum = -150; Maximum = +150

    Time frame: baseline (pre-): the day before intervention implementation; post-study: the day following cessation of intervention, 6 weeks from baseline

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Study locations

1 site
  • CIDFF-51
    Châlons-en-Champagne, 51000, France
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 6, 2021, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04875494
Lead sponsor
Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne
Responsible party
Fabien Legrand (Clinical Professor, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne) — Principal investigator
First posted
May 6, 2021
Start date
Feb 24, 2020
Primary completion
Feb 27, 2021
Completion
Apr 5, 2021
Last update
May 6, 2021

Study contacts

Stephanie CAILLIES, PhD
study director · Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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