AzTrials
AzTrials

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)Phase 2IPVNCT06934174

Cultural Adaptation of a Web-Based App (myPlan Thailand) to Empower and Support Friends and Family of Intimate Partner Violence Survivors

A Phase 2 study testing WeSafe (myPlan Thailand: Friends and Family) and DV learning in people with Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and Social Support, run by Boromarajonani College of Nursing, Khon Kaen at 1 site in Thailand.

Recruiting

Looking for participants now. Contact the study team or a site below to ask about taking part.

Sites and contacts
Official record
Search all trials

Trial summary

This research will support and empower friends/family (F/F) of intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors in Thailand, where IPV is critical and common, and survivors first and foremost seek help for abuse from their F/F. myPlan app (www.myPlanapp.org) is a free mobile evidence-based intervention app to prevent IPV. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 60 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
What is being tested?
WeSafe (myPlan Thailand: Friends and Family) and DV learning
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
100 participants
Where
1 siteThailand
Study dates
17 Apr 2025to Jun 2026
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 60 years
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult

Who may be able to join

  • being female or males who have a female friend currently (past 6 months) experiencing IPV
  • Thai speaking/reading
  • At least 18 years old
  • Have access to a safe smart-phone or computer with internet
  • Have safe email address
  • Living in Thailand

Who cannot join

  • Cannot speak/reading Thai
  • Less than age 18 years old
  • Cannot access to a safe smartphone or computer with internet
  • Not living in Thailand

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

Tipparat Udmuangpia, PhD,MS,RN contact

+66809164199

tipparatudmuangpia@gmail.com

Supawadee Thaewpia, PhD,MSN,RN contact

supawadee.t@bcnkk.ac.th

Thailand1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Maliwan Thaewbao

    Khon Kaen, 40000

    Maliwan Thaewbao, BSW, Bachelor of Social work, +6643423210, maliwantb2808@gmail.com

    Wichai Ussawaphark, MD, wichaiussawaphark@gmail.com

    Recruiting

Other trials in Thailand

About this study

This research will support and empower friends/family (F/F) of intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors in Thailand, where IPV is critical and common, and survivors first and foremost seek help for abuse from their F/F. myPlan app (www.myPlanapp.org) is a free mobile evidence-based intervention app to prevent IPV. The app was first developed in the United States (US) and has been disseminated to high-income countries (e.g., New Zealand, Canada, Australia) and lowincome (Kenya). One new hope for improving survivors' psychological and well-being is adapting and introducing the myPlan app for the concerned friends/family who support survivors in Thailand.

Therefore, the propose of this longitudinal research study, Cultural Adaptation of a Web-Based App (myPlan Thailand) to Empower and Support Friends/Family of Intimate Partner Violence Survivors in Thailand, will have two consecutive phases with three aims: 1) To tailor the myPlan app content for concerned F/F members of Thai IPV survivors, 2) To integrate the adapted myPlan app content for concerned F/F members of Thai IPV survivors, 3) To test the feasibility and acceptability of the adapted myPlan app with concerned F/F members of Thai IPV survivors. Phase 1 (Year 1-2) will achieve aim 1-2 to tailor the myPlan app with Thai survivors and friends/family. The investigators will review current content and conduct in-depth interviews with survivors and concerned F/F members on social norms associated with IPV, informal support systems and the role/responsibility in helping survivors, safety strategies used by concerned F/F members and negative consequences for both survivor and F/F member providing support. Moreover, in phase 1, the adapted content will be pilot tested with concerned F/F members of survivors by using cognitive techniques and theater-testing methodology.

Phase 2 (Year 3-4) will achieve aim 3 to test the feasibility and acceptability of the adapted myPlan app with F/F. The investigators will conduct a two-group RCT design with concerned F/F member randomized to receive a) the myPlan app for F/F member, or b) standard usual-care safety planning information. Primary outcomes for F/F members include change in knowledge and attitudes towards IPV and F/F empowerment to plan and take safety support survivor. Secondary outcomes will examine change in F/F' distress, frustration and consequences for supporting the survivor. This phase will also collect feasibility and acceptability data to informed a planned R01 submission in Year 3 of the study. The K43 application outlines a four-year plan to support a candidate who is a nursing instructor with 15 years of work in diverse projects, settings, and disciplines; which positions her for a successful career as an independent researcher in research field of intimate partner violence. The career development plan provides a sequence of carefully selected training and mentoring experiences, including coursework to increase research capacity, leadership skills, mentored research leading to a R01 proposal, peer reviewed publications, and professional networking, that will catapult this research to the next level of research achievement. The team will be a collaboration between the Boromarajonani College of Nursing Khon Kaen (BCNKK), Khon Kaen One Stop Crisis Center (OSCC), Johns Hopkins University (JHU), Notre Dame of Maryland University (NDM), and Auckland University of Technology (AUT), New Zealand.

Being tested
WeSafe (myPlan Thailand: Friends and Family), DV learning
Keywords
Intimate partner violence, Friends/Family memeber, Safety, Social support, mHealth intervention, Thailand
Medical subject headings
Empowerment

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • WeSafe (myPlan Thailand: Friends and Family)Behavioural

    WeSafe, a Web-Based App (myPlan Thailand) is a culturally tailored web-based app designed to empower and support friends and family of IPV survivors. It gathers key data on survivors' demographics, relationship status, living situation, and children's ages to personalize the safety support plan. The app delivers comprehensive IPV information through text, videos, images, and illustrations, addressing culturally specific issues. It guides users in setting priorities through pairwise comparisons and includes a risk assessment tool adapted from Danger Assessment (DA)-Thailand. Based on the inputs, myPlan Thailand provides a tailored plan with supportive strategies, communication scripts, advocacy tips, self-care resources, and child safety strategies, enhancing overall safety and well-being.

  • DV learningBehavioural

    Control group. The control condition will be the publicly-available Thai-language DV learning launched in 2019.49 This app screens users for Domestic violence (physical, psychological, and sexual violence), and provides information about 6 modules include 1. Understanding situation of domestic violence 2. Key principles of helping survivors 3. Guideline for helping survivors 4. Case management and working with multi professionals 5. Legal Proceedings and Justice System Processes for Domestic Violence and Intimate Partner Violence Cases 6. Selfcare for providers. This platform put the knowledge from understanding the basic situation through practical intervention for providers and other people who are interested in. It is optional to get the certificate if participants have 80% pass rate on quizzes.

Study groups in NCT06934174
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
WeSafe (myPlan Thailand: Friends and Family)ExperimentalWeSafe, a Web-Based App (myPlan Thailand) is a culturally tailored web-based app designed to empower and support friends and family of IPV survivors. It gathers key data on survivors' demographics, relationship status, living situation, and children's ages to personalize the safety support plan. The app delivers comprehensive IPV information through text, videos, images, and illustrations, addressing culturally specific issues. It guides users in setting priorities through pairwise comparisons and includes a risk assessment tool adapted from Danger Assessment (DA)-Thailand. Based on the inputs, myPlan Thailand provides a tailored plan with supportive strategies, communication scripts, advocacy tips, self-care resources, and child safety strategies, enhancing overall safety and well-being.
Receives: Behavioral: WeSafe (myPlan Thailand: Friends and Family); Behavioral: DV learning
DV learningActive comparatorControl group. The control condition will be the publicly-available Thai-language DV learning launched in 2019.49 This app screens users for Domestic violence (physical, psychological, and sexual violence), and provides information about 6 modules include 1. Understanding situation of domestic violence 2. Key principles of helping survivors 3. Guideline for helping survivors 4. Case management and working with multi professionals 5. Legal Proceedings and Justice System Processes for Domestic Violence and Intimate Partner Violence Cases 6. Selfcare for providers. This platform put the knowledge from understanding the basic situation through practical intervention for providers and other people who are interested in. It is optional to get the certificate if participants have 80% pass rate on quizzes.
Receives: Behavioral: WeSafe (myPlan Thailand: Friends and Family); Behavioral: DV learning

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Knowledge and Attitudes towards IPV

    Knowledge and attitudes toward IPV measurement will be adapted from the Inventory of Beliefs about Intimate Partner Violence (IBIPV) with a 22-item self-report scale, with a seven-point response scale designed to assess participants' explicit attitudes toward IPV, and from the literature around friends/family response as describe by survivors and engagement behavior. There are 22 items, group into three subscales.The Justifying Partner Violence subscale (JPV; six items; e.g., "Sometimes abuse of the woman helps resolve conflictsbetween partners") deals with general behaviours of victims and abusers which may be used to legitimise or justify IPV.The Victims Responsible for Violence subscale (VRV; nineitems; e.g., "Battered women are responsible for battering,because they provoke it") deals with victim behaviours whichmay lead to women being blamed for IPV. Finally, theAbuser Responsible for Violence subscale (ARV; sevenitems; e. g., "Abusers are responsible for batterin

    Measured: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months

  2. Empowerment to plan and take actions to safely support survivor

    Empowerment to plan and take actions to safely support survivor will be measured by the Personal Progress Scale-Revised, which is a 28 items, 7-point Likert scale with focus on the important role of resilience and personal empowerment for women. The scale includes item such as "I want to help other women like me improve the quality of their lives). The reliability coefficient for this scale is .85.

    Measured: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months

  3. The Supportive Behaviors checklist

    This tool is a 23-item self-report scale designed to assess supportive actions undertaken by friends or family when concerned about a loved one's abusive relationship. Participants indicate for each item whether, in the past six months, they engaged in specific supportive behaviors and rate if they were helpful using a three-point response scale ("No (1)," "Yes(2), but I didn't think it was helpful," "Yes(3), and I thought it was helpful"). Items cover a range of actions-from active listening and validating concerns to facilitating safety measures and connecting with professional resources-providing an evaluative insight into both behavioral engagement and perceived effectiveness in supporting IPV survivors.

    Measured: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Distress, frustration, and negative consequences for supporting the survivors

    stress, frustration, and negative consequences for supporting the survivors (e.g., anger by friend/ family member) will assess the decisional conflict immediately post intervention. It will be adapted from the Decisional Conflict Scale (DCS) with 12 items test whether using the myPlan app to helps a friends/family to understand the advantages/ disadvantages of options for helping their friends in an abusive relationship, and to know her values related to those options (e.g., "I know my options for helping my friend who is in an unhealthy.", I am clear about which reasons for helping my friend are most important to me.", "I have enough advice to make decisions about helping my friend who is in an unhealthy relationship." The scale is a Likert scale; 5 = strongly agree;...1 = strongly disagree.

    Measured: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months

  2. Feasibility and Acceptability

    The feasibility and acceptability measurement will be guided by the Weiner et al (2017). 12 items for acceptability (e.g. number of times participated signed on, use of content in each section, barriers/facilitators of use) and 8 items for measuring feasibility (study procedures, recruitment/retention rates, time to recruit participant target, rate of completion of intervention). The score will be a 5-point Likert scale; 5 = strongly agree;....1= strongly disagree.

    Measured: 6 months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted18 Apr 2025
  2. Study start17 Apr 2025
  3. Primary completionDec 2025 (estimated)
  4. Study completionJun 2026 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Single blind
Who is masked
Participant
Enrolment
100 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT06934174
Sponsor's protocol ID
BoromarajonaniCNKK
Other IDs
5K43TW012296
Acronym
IPV
Status last verified
May 2025
First submitted
10 Apr 2025
Last updated
13 May 2025
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing WeSafe (myPlan Thailand: Friends and Family) and DV learning in people with Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and Social Support, run by Boromarajonani College of Nursing, Khon Kaen at 1 site in Thailand.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 6 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 13 May 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Thailand. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Tipparat Udmuangpia, PhD,MS,RN (+66809164199, tipparatudmuangpia@gmail.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Knowledge and Attitudes towards IPV (time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 13 May 2025; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 7 Nov 2026.

Free account

Log in to keep searching

You’ve used your 3 free searches. AzTrials is free: log in or create a free account to keep searching clinical trials and save the ones you want to follow.

Create a free accountLog in