C. Oliveira, E. Araújo, D. Moreira, M. Pacheco, Cláudia Calaboiça, Anita Santos
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Abstract
Abstract: Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a public health issue. Digital interventions are emerging as a promise to overcome known-barriers to accessing usual IPV services, which have been supporting and treating IPV victims or their survivors, offering safer, more interactive, and real time access to help. Hence, a systematic review was carried out to identify and characterize current digital interventions to respond to IPV, including associated mental health conditions, and related outcomes among victims and survivors. Using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, we searched in three databases: EBSCOhost, PubMed, and Web of Science. Last search was performed in December 2022. Of the 1,816 electronic articles retrieved, and six added after a manual search, 16 studies were selected. Published between 2010 and 2021, the studies were experimental or quasi-experimental, with quantitative methodologies. Publication data, objectives, sample, design, instruments, intervention characteristics, results and conclusions were extracted from each study. Regarding results, safety decision aid or a variant was the most reported digital intervention. Significant improvements were identified for IPV exposure, related outcomes such as decisional conflict and safety strategies, and mental health conditions. In short, digital interventions hold promise, however there is a clear need for research focused on hard-to-reach victims or women who have left the abuser. Digital interventions have to be adapted to their needs, and security and privacy issues must be better ensured. The risk of publication bias and the exclusion of some specific keywords in the search were limitations of the study.
亲密伴侣暴力(IPV)是一个公共卫生问题。数字干预措施有望克服获取常规IPV服务的已知障碍,这些服务一直在支持和治疗IPV受害者或其幸存者,提供更安全、更具互动性和实时的帮助。因此,进行了系统审查,以确定和描述当前应对IPV的数字干预措施,包括相关的精神健康状况以及受害者和幸存者之间的相关结果。使用系统评价和荟萃分析的首选报告项目(PRISMA)指南,我们在三个数据库中进行了搜索:EBSCOhost、PubMed和Web of Science。最后一次搜索是在2022年12月。在检索到的1816篇电子文章和人工检索后添加的6篇文章中,选择了16篇研究。这些研究发表于2010年至2021年之间,是实验性或准实验性的,采用了定量方法。从每项研究中提取发表资料、目的、样本、设计、工具、干预特征、结果和结论。关于结果,安全决策辅助或变体是报告最多的数字干预。在IPV暴露、决策冲突和安全策略等相关结果以及心理健康状况方面发现了显著改善。简而言之,数字干预措施带来了希望,但显然需要对难以接触的受害者或离开施虐者的妇女进行研究。数字干预措施必须适应他们的需求,并且必须更好地确保安全和隐私问题。发表偏倚的风险和在检索中排除某些特定关键词是本研究的局限性。
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The European Psychologist - is a direct source of information regarding both applied and research psychology throughout Europe; - provides both reviews of specific fields and original papers of seminal importance; integrates across subfields and provides easy access to essential state-of-the-art information in all areas within psychology; - provides a European perspective on many dimensions of new work being done elsewhere in psychology; - makes European psychology visible globally; - promotes scientific and professional cooperation among European psychologists; develops the mutual contribution of psychological theory and practice.