Preferences and Barriers to Counseling for and Treatment of Intimate Partner Violence, Depression, Anxiety, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Postpartum Women

Study Protocol of the Cross-Sectional Study Invite

Bibliographic Data

ID15524128
AuthorsLara Seefeld (0000-0001-6818-8597, Technische Universität Dresden, corresponding author), Amera Mojahed (0000-0003-4867-9617, Technische Universität Dresden), Freya Thiel (0000-0001-8814-1489, Technische Universität Dresden), Julia Schellong (0000-0001-7614-3225, Technische Universität Dresden), Susan Garthus-Niegel (0000-0002-7472-674X, MSH Medical School Hamburg – University of Applied Sciences and Medical University)
Year2022
Volume13
Pages836350-836350
Publication date2022-03-29
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1664-0640 • E-ISSN: 1664-0640
PublisherFrontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpsyt.2022.836350
PMID35422719
OpenAlexW4220818944
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited125

The cross-sectional study INVITE ( IN timate partner VI olence care and T reatment pr E ferences in postpartum women) aims to examine treatment and counseling preferences and barriers in relation to the experience of intimate partner violence (IPV), depression and anxiety, and (childbirth-related) posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among postpartum women in Dresden, Germany. Currently, the INVITE study consists of an interim sample of N = 1,787 participants with n = 891 completed interviews. Recruitment is ongoing, targeting a community sample of at least N = 4,000 women who complete various quantitative questionnaires via telephone interviews at 3-4 months postpartum. The differences in rates of IPV, postpartum depression and anxiety, and/or (childbirth-related) PTSD as well as treatment and counseling preferences and barriers between affected and non-affected women will be assessed. Further, predisposing variables, past and present stress exposure, enabling resources, as well as past and present health will be examined as predictors of service preferences and barriers. In this study protocol, the theoretical background, methods, as well as preliminary results regarding sociodemographic characteristics and birth-related factors of the interim sample are presented and discussed in terms of their socio-political relevance. Simultaneously assessing IPV, postpartum depression and anxiety, and (childbirth-related) PTSD will facilitate exploring comorbidities and concomitant special needs of affected women. Results of the INVITE study will therefore set the ground for well-aimed development and improvement of treatment and counseling services for the respective target groups by informing health care professionals and policy makers about specific preferences and barriers to treatment. This will yield the possibility to tailor services to the needs of postpartum women

Anxiety · Cross-sectional study · Depression (economics · Domestic violence · Medical emergency · Poison control · Postpartum depression · Posttraumatic stress · Pregnancy · Psychiatry · Suicide prevention · Clinical Psychology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Medicine · Psychology

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