| Protocol ID | NCT04517994 |
| Registration Date | 2020-08-19 |
| Status | completed |
| Sponsor | Boston VA Research Institute, Inc. |
| Country | United States |
| Industry | not industry |
| Blinding | blinded |
| Center Type | singel-center RCT |
| Scope | national RCT |
| First Patient In | 2015-09-01 |
| Last Patient Out | 2021-09-30 |
| Publication | n |
| Gender % | ALL |
| Mean Age | 18 Years - |
NCT04517994
Strength at Home Couples Program to Prevent Military Partner Violence
| Field |
GLM
glm-5.1 6875ms / 10312 tok |
CLAUDE
claude-sonnet-4-20250514 Thinking: claude-opus-4-20250514 5229ms / 11716 tok |
OPENAI
gpt-4o Thinking: o3 4316ms / 10160 tok |
Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rct_type | parallel RCT | parallel RCT | parallel RCT | OK |
| cancer_status | non-cancer | non-cancer | non-cancer | OK |
| non_cancer_spec | N/A | N/A | N/A | OK |
| setting_patient |
outpatient
outpatient → outpatient
shaky reasoning✓ Unanimous
Initial: outpatient
Requery: outpatient — The intervention consists of 10 weekly two-hour group therapy sessions that participants attend and then return home, which is an outpatient model.
|
outpatient
outpatient → outpatient
shaky reasoning✓ Unanimous
Initial: outpatient
Requery: outpatient — The intervention consists of 10 weekly 2-hour group therapy sessions that couples attend but then go home, which is characteristic of outpatient care.
|
outpatient
mixed → outpatient
shaky reasoning✓ Unanimous
Initial: mixed
Requery: outpatient — The intervention involves 10 weekly sessions where participants attend and go home, which is characteristic of outpatient settings.
|
OK |
| setting_place | other | other | other | OK |
| feasibility | fully powered RCT | fully powered RCT | fully powered RCT | OK |
| intervention_pharmacologic | no | no | no | OK |
| intervention_chemo_immuno_radio | no | no | no | OK |
| intervention_complementary | no | no | no | OK |
| intervention_device | no | no | no | OK |
| intervention_psychological | yes | yes | yes | OK |
| intervention_complex |
yes
yes
shaky reasoning✓ Unanimous
Initial: yes
|
yes
no → yes
shaky reasoning✓ Unanimous
Initial: no
Requery: yes — The intervention explicitly integrates multiple distinct therapeutic modalities including cognitive processing therapy for PTSD, couples therapy for PTSD, and cognitive behavioral intervention for intimate partner aggression, creating a multicomponent intervention with interacting elements.
|
yes
yes → yes
shaky reasoning✓ Unanimous
Initial: yes
Requery: yes — The intervention combines cognitive processing therapy for PTSD, couples therapy, and cognitive behavioral intervention for intimate partner aggression, representing multiple interacting components from different categories.
|
OK |
| intervention_acp | no | no | no | OK |
| intervention_music | no | no | no | OK |
| intervention_screening | no | no | no | OK |
| intervention_palliative | no | no | no | OK |
| intervention_education |
no
yes → no
shaky reasoning✓ Unanimous
Initial: yes
Requery: no — The intervention is a structured therapeutic program integrating cognitive processing therapy and couples therapy to prevent intimate partner violence, rather than a primary educational or training program.
|
no
no → no
shaky reasoning✓ Unanimous
Initial: no
Requery: no — This is a behavioral therapy intervention (Strength at Home Couples program) combining cognitive processing therapy, couples therapy, and cognitive behavioral intervention rather than primarily educational content.
|
no
yes → no
shaky reasoning✓ Unanimous
Initial: yes
Requery: no — The primary focus is on therapeutic behavioral interventions such as cognitive processing therapy and couples therapy, not primarily on education or training components.
|
OK |
| intervention_digital | no | no | no | OK |
| intervention_other | no | no | no | OK |
| outcome_symptom |
no
no
shaky reasoning✗ No consensus
Initial: no
|
no
no → no → no
shaky reasoning✗ No consensus
Initial: no
Requery: no — Primary outcomes measure intimate partner violence behaviors (CTS2, MMEA) and relationship satisfaction (Dyadic Adjustment Scale), while secondary outcomes measure suicidal ideation, none of which are validated symptom measures for physical symptoms like pain, nausea, dyspnea, fatigue, or standardized symptom burden scales.
Thinking: no — The trial measures intimate partner violence behaviors and relationship satisfaction, not specific symptoms like pain, depression, anxiety, or fatigue using validated symptom instruments.
|
yes
yes → yes → yes
shaky reasoning✗ No consensus
Initial: yes
Requery: yes — The trial measures suicidal ideation as a secondary outcome, which is classified as a symptom measure.
Thinking: yes — Secondary outcomes include change in suicidal ideation, which is a direct assessment of a psychiatric symptom.
|
|
| outcome_qol |
no
no → no
shaky reasoning✓ Unanimous
Initial: no
Requery: no — The outcomes use the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale, Dyadic Adjustment Scale, and Multidimensional Measure of Emotional Abuse which measure specific behaviors and relationship satisfaction rather than quality of life.
|
no
no → no
shaky reasoning✓ Unanimous
Initial: no
Requery: no — The study focuses on intimate partner violence prevention and relationship satisfaction using the Dyadic Adjustment Scale, but does not employ validated quality of life instruments like EORTC QLQ-C30, FACT-G, EQ-5D, SF-36, or WHOQOL.
|
no
yes → no
shaky reasoning✓ Unanimous
Initial: yes
Requery: no — The trial primarily uses the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale and the Dyadic Adjustment Scale, which are not recognized Quality of Life instruments like EORTC QLQ-C30 or SF-36.
|
OK |
| outcome_dignity | no | no | no | OK |
| outcome_cost | no | no | no | OK |
| outcome_other | yes | yes | yes | OK |
| pharmacologic_sub | N/A | N/A | N/A | OK |