Yoga for Black and Brown Women Who Have Experienced Abuse From an Intimate Partner

Part of paid clinical trials in Akron, Ohio.

Sponsor
The University of Akron
Study ID
NCT07546266
Phase
PHASE1
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)
  • Psychological Trauma, Historical
  • Psychological Well Being

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
FEMALE
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • 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.
  • 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

Study Details

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: * What is the feasibility, acceptability, and safety of delivering the CT-TIY program? * Do participants randomized to the CT-TIY program experience increases in our primary outcome of psychological well-being relative to women randomized to an enhanced care-as-usual control condition? * Do participants randomized to the CT-TIY program experience improvements in our secondary outcomes of empowerment, resilience, health-related quality of life, collective self-esteem, and culturally specific coping relative to participants randomized to an enhanced care-as-usual control condition? Researchers will compare CT-TIY to enhanced care-as-usual to see if CT-TIY to determine the feasibility, acceptability, safety, as well as initial efficacy of the yoga program. Participants randomized to the CT-TIY program will: * Have 15 weeks to complete a target of 10 CT-TIY yoga classes * Provide feedback on the CT-TIY program after each class they attend * Complete assessments at Baseline, after completing the CT-TIY program (week 16), as well as 3-months (week 27) after completing the CT-TIY program * Complete an exit interview where they provide feedback on their experiences in the yoga program Participants randomized to the enhanced care-as-usual control condition will: * Receive a referral to a domestic violence provider and the Futures without Violence General Health Safety Card, 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. * Complete assessments at Baseline, week 16, and week 27 of the study.

Key Dates

Start date
May 15, 2026
Status verified
Apr 2026
Primary completion
Jun 30, 2027
Completion
Dec 31, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
40 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: Culturally Tailored, Trauma-Informed Yoga (CT-TIY)
    15 weekly sessions of the SOAR yoga program
  • Other: Enhanced Care as Usual (ECU)
    Referral to domestic violence provider and the Futures without Violence General Health Safety Card

Primary Outcome Measure

Ryff Psychological Wellbeing Scale [ Time Frame: Baseline, 16 weeks, 27 weeks ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
the University of AkronAkronOhio44313
Dawn M Johnson, Ph.D.
330-972-2505

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