Department of Public Health, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Public Health, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
BMJ Open. 2023 Aug 18;13(8):e073826. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073826.
Despite the emphasis on empowerment in interventions supporting women against domestic violence and ending spousal abuse, there is still no standard and accurate instrument to evaluate women's empowerment in this field. This study proposes a protocol to fill this gap by developing and psychometrically testing a standardised instrument for assessing women's empowerment in dealing with domestic violence (WEDDV).
This study will be conducted in Iran in a mixed method with a sequential exploratory design (qualitative-quantitative). In the first phase, qualitative methods will be used to generate items, rank and identify essential items for WEDDV conceptualisation. The data collection method in this phase includes semistructured face-to-face interviews with married women, a review of related literature, and a fuzzy Delphi method with participants with work experience and expertise about violence against women. Qualitative data analysis will be done using a content analysis strategy and MAXQDA 2020 software. In the second phase of the study, the psychometric properties of the instrument, including face, content and construct validity, and the instrument's reliability will be evaluated. Also, the psychometric features of the COSMIN checklist will be used in the design of this instrument.
This study protocol has been approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences with code (IR.SBMU.PHNS.REC.1400.011). The findings will be published in prestigious journals and presented at national and international conferences. We hope that these results can provide a practical framework for planning and organising domestic violence interventions for policy-makers, researchers and women's health and counselling service providers.
尽管干预措施强调赋权，以支持妇女反对家庭暴力和结束配偶虐待，但在这一领域仍然没有标准和准确的工具来评估妇女的赋权。本研究通过开发和心理测量测试一种评估妇女在处理家庭暴力方面赋权的标准化工具（WEDDV），提出了一个方案来填补这一空白。
本研究将在伊朗采用混合方法进行，具有顺序探索性设计（定性-定量）。在第一阶段，将使用定性方法生成项目，对 WEDDV 概念化进行排名和确定基本项目。本阶段的数据收集方法包括对已婚妇女进行半结构式面对面访谈、对相关文献进行综述，以及对具有妇女暴力工作经验和专业知识的参与者进行模糊德尔菲法。定性数据分析将使用内容分析策略和 MAXQDA 2020 软件进行。在研究的第二阶段，将评估工具的心理测量特性，包括表面、内容和结构有效性以及工具的可靠性。此外，COSMIN 清单的心理测量特征将用于该工具的设计。
本研究方案已获得沙希德·贝赫什提大学医学科学研究伦理委员会的批准，编号为（IR.SBMU.PHNS.REC.1400.011）。研究结果将发表在有影响力的期刊上，并在国家和国际会议上展示。我们希望这些结果可以为决策者、研究人员和妇女健康和咨询服务提供者提供一个实用的框架，用于规划和组织家庭暴力干预措施。
