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| ID | Type | Description | Link |
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| 15JOVW-24-GG01529 | Other Grant/Funding Number | Office for Violence Against Women |
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The goal of this clinical trial is to determine if a culturally tailored and trauma-informed yoga (CT-TIY) program improves the overall well-being of Black and Brown women who have experienced IPV. The main questions it aims to answer are:
Participants randomized to the CT-TIY program will:
Participants randomized to the enhanced care-as-usual control condition will:
Researchers will use a two-group, randomized controlled single-blind design with 40 women of color who have experienced intimate partner violence (WOC-IPV) who meet study criteria. After eligible participants have consented to participate and completed the baseline assessment, they will be randomized to CT-TIY or enhanced care as usual (ECU). The RA who completes assessments will be blind to intervention condition. Following the guidelines of Leon and colleagues, the primary purpose of this pilot study is to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the CT-TIY program, as well as the proposed recruitment, randomization, and retention procedures.
The Yoga Program (SOAR "Sisterhood Overcoming Adversity through Resilience"):
Before starting the yoga program, participants will attend a brief 20-min orientation session where they will meet 1-1 with a member of the research staff. This meeting will provide an overview of the program, provide yoga supplies (i.e., each participant will be provided their own mat, journal, and water bottle), and offer an opportunity for participants to ask questions privately (as opposed to within the yoga session). This session will also provide an opportunity to discuss safety concerns and how to address those concerns if any exist (e.g., safety practicing yoga at home, safely getting to yoga classes), as well as an opportunity for participants to decide that participating in the program may not be a safe option for them, given their current situation. This meeting will also emphasize that the yoga classes will provide invitations, where participants can take what they want and need from the class. Participants will be asked about physical limitations and health conditions and encouraged to speak to a medical professional to determine if the program is a good fit for them. Additionally, participants will be reminded that modifications will be provided for all activities and encouraged to listen to their bodies and do what feels comfortable in their bodies.
Each yoga class will be 75 minutes in length, although unlike yoga classes offered in the community, the entire 75 minutes will not be active movement. The focus of this yoga program is not exercise, but mindful reflection and movement. The general structure of yoga classes will be the same: (1) Time to settle in and be present in the body (this will include affirmations, journal prompts, essential oils), (2) Opening Ritual (e.g., chime, opening song, collective breath), (3) Mind-Theme (some education related to the theme), (4) Breathwork, (5) Mindful Movement/Asana, (6) Closing Rituals (e.g., Namaste, Ase, or Amen). Participants will be provided with consent cards at the beginning of each session- one side indicates that the participant is ok being touched and open to manual assists in session, and the other side indicates that the participant is not open to manual assists during the session). Manual assists will only be offered to those who indicate with their consent card that they are open to such assists (e.g., adjusting participants' poses so that they get the most out of the pose).
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Culturally Tailored, Trauma-Informed Yoga (CT-TIY) | Experimental | 15 weekly sessions of the SOAR yoga program |
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| Enhanced Care as Usual (ECU) | Other | Referral to domestic violence provider and the Futures without Violence General Health Safety Card |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Culturally-Tailored, Trauma-Informed Yoga (CT-TIY) | Behavioral | Participants will be offered 15 weekly yoga classes and encouraged to attend at least 10 classes. Each class will be 75 minutes long. Yoga classes will include time to settle in, opening and closing rituals, breathwork and mindful movement. Childcare and transportation assistance (e.g., bus passes, gas cards) will be provided. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Ryff Psychological Wellbeing Scale | 42 item measure of psychological wellbeing with scores ranging from 42-294; higher scores = higher wellbeing | Baseline, 16 weeks, 27 weeks |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Personal Progress Scale Revised | 28 item scale measuring empowerment with scores ranging from 28 to 196; higher scores = higher empowerment | Baseline, 16 weeks, 27 weeks |
| Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale 10 |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Must self-identify as women
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Dawn Johnson, Ph.D. | Contact | 330-972-7111 | johnsod@uakron.edu |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| the University of Akron | Recruiting | Akron | Ohio | 44313 | United States |
De-identified individual participant data underlying the results reported in this study (including text, tables, figures, and appendices) will be made available for use by other researchers.
Data will be made available upon completion of the study and publication of the primary findings. It is anticipated that archiving will occur within one year of the study's end date.
De-identified individual participant data and supporting documents will be archived with the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD). Interested researchers may access the data through the NACJD's established request and download procedures.
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Participants will be randomized to either a culturally tailored, trauma-informed yoga program or enhanced care as usual
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| Enhanced Care as Usual (ECU) | Other | Participants will be offered a referral to a local domestic violence provider, as well as the Futures without Violence General health Safety Card which is designed to help women recognize how their relationship impacts their health and the lives of their children, and provides information on safety planning and hotlines for support |
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10 item measure of resilience with scores ranging from 0 to 40; higher scores = higher empowerment
| Baseline, 16 weeks, 27 weeks |
| Short Form 8 Health Survey | 8 item measure of health-related quality of life with scores ranging from 0 to 100; higher scores = greater health-related quality of life | Baseline, 16 weeks, 27 weeks |
| Collective Self-Esteem Scale | a 16-item measure of collective self-esteem with scores ranging from 16 to 112; higher scores = higher collective self-esteem | Baseline, 16 weeks, 27 weeks |
| Africultural Coping Systems Inventory | 30-item measure of cultural specific coping strategies , with scores ranging from 0-90; higher scores = more use of cultural specific coping strategies | Baseline, 16 weeks, 27 weeks |
| ID | Term |
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| D000092862 | Psychological Well-Being |
| D000080037 | Historical Trauma |
| ID | Term |
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| D010549 | Personal Satisfaction |
| D001519 | Behavior |
| D000067073 | Psychological Trauma |
| D040921 | Stress Disorders, Traumatic |
| D000068099 | Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders |
| D001523 | Mental Disorders |
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