Violence, DomesticmyPlanKenyaNCT05609786

Dissemination and Implementation of a Web-based Relationship Safety App, myPlanKenya, for Women at Risk for Intimate Partner Violence in Nairobi, Kenya

A study testing Personalized safety planning tool in people with Violence, Domestic and Violence, Sexual, run by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health at 1 site in Kenya.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record

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Trial summary

Who is it for?: Ages 16 years and older, women onlyHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for: Violence, Domestic, Violence, Sexual, Violence, Gender-Based
What is being tested?: Personalized safety planning tool
Type of treatment: Lifestyle or therapy programme
Could I receive a placebo?: No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people: 440 participants
Where: 1 siteKenya
Study dates: 22 Jun 2022to 19 Apr 2025
Phase: Interventional
Are there results?: Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

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 16 years and older
Women only
Healthy volunteers accepted
Child, Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

Female
Age 16 or older
Physical or sexual partner violence or relationship-based fears within the past six months; behaviorally assessed
Living in Nairobi, Kenya with no plans to move in the next 12 months
Access to a safe smart phone or computer (personal or shared), and comfort using it to access the myPlan Kenya app
Literate in English or Swahili languages; confirmed by reading and completing a short passage by filling in several blanks with the appropriate words, selected from a drop-down menu.

Who cannot join

Male
Under age 16
Have not experienced physical or sexual partner violence or relationship-based fears in past 6 months
Lives outside of the study area or plans to move within the next 12 months
Does not have access to a safe smart phone or computer, or is uncomfortable using it to access the myPlan Kenya app
Illiterate in English or Swahili languages

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Kenya1 site

Ujamaa Africa
Nairobi

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About this study

This effectiveness-implementation hybrid-3 study evaluates dissemination, implementation, and effectiveness of myPlanKenya. myPlanKenya will be disseminated through formal and informal sectors. This clinical trial portion of the study enrolls women at risk for intimate partner violence (IPV) who are referred to myPlanKenya by disseminators (i.e. "end-users").

This trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of myPlanKenya referral on resilience, health and safety among a cohort of women referred to myPlanKenya based on disclosure of IPV or assessed to have IPV related risks.

Conditions: Violence, Domestic, Violence, Sexual, Violence, Gender-Based
Being tested: Personalized safety planning tool
Keywords: Intimate Partner Violence, Relationships, Safety Planning, technology, implementation
Medical subject headings: Coitus

What participants receive

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

Personalized safety planning toolBehavioural
The myPlan Kenya app is a web-based safety planning tool that is secure, private, free and personalized to the user. The app includes multiple, evidence-based modules: Strategies (safety strategies tailored to the user's needs and violence experience); Resources (referrals to local health, safety and justice resources and services); About You (questionnaires that help the user assess their relationship safety and tailor their Strategies, including My Relationship, Red Flags, My Safety, My Priorities); Understanding (knowledge sections that share information on relationships and violence, including Healthy Relationships, Harmful Beliefs About Abuse, About Violence).

Study groups in NCT05609786
Study group	Role	What they receive
myPlan Kenya	Experimental	myPlan Kenya web-based application Receives: Behavioral: Personalized safety planning tool

What is being measured

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

Resilience as Assessed by Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale
10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale assesses resilience using a 5-point Likert scale (0-4). Scored from 0-40, with higher scores indicating greater resilience and lower scores indicating lower resilience.
Measured: Baseline, 6-month, 12-month
Decisional Conflict Score
12-item decisional conflict measures (specific to safety), assessed using a 5-point Likert scale (0-4). The mean Decisional Conflict score is multiplied by 25 to create an overall score, ranging from 0-100; 0 (no decisional conflict) to 100 (extremely high decisional conflict).
Measured: Baseline, 6-month, 12-month
Safety/IPV Experience(s) as Assessed by the Conflict Tactics Scale-2
10-item adapted Conflict Tactics Scale-2 (CTS2), which assesses IPV experiences using a 3-point scale on the frequency of these experiences. Score range 0-20; higher score indicates more IPV.
Measured: Baseline, 6-month, 12-month
Percentage of Participants Who Sought Services (Help-seeking)
6-item index on help-seeking, which assesses abuse disclosure and services/information received on a 2-point scale (yes/no); operationally defined as percentage of participants who sought help from any of the services.
Measured: Baseline, 6-month, 12-month
Helpfulness of Services Assessed by Help-Seeking Index
6-item index on help-seeking which assesses abuse disclosure and services/information. Helpfulness of services rated on a 5-point Likert scale (Score range 0-4; with higher score more helpful). Mean helpfulness score of services sought is reported.
Measured: Baseline, 6-month, 12-month

Secondary outcomes (2)

Safety Strategy Score
5-item index on safety strategies used (yes/no), summed for a range of 0-5 with higher scores indicating more safety strategies used. For each strategy used, helpfulness is assessed on a 5-point Likert scale (1-5), with higher scores indicating more helpfulness; mean scores are presented (range 1-5).
Measured: Baseline, 6-month, 12-month
IPV Recognition as Assessed by the Abusive Behaviors Scale
7-item adapted Abusive Behaviors Scale, which assesses IPV recognition using a 5-point Likert scale (0-4). Items are scored from 0-28, with higher scores indicating greater IPV recognition and lower scores indicating lower IPV recognition.
Measured: Baseline, 6-month, 12-month

Timeline

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

22 Jun 202219 Apr 2025

First posted8 Nov 2022
Study start22 Jun 2022
Primary completion31 Dec 2024
Study completion19 Apr 2025

Resources

Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
Posted resultsParticipant flow, outcome measures and adverse events reported by the sponsor.
Other trials for Violence, DomesticStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.

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 N/A
Primary purpose: Prevention
Allocation: Not applicable
Intervention model: Single group
Masking: None (open label)
Enrolment: 440 participants (actual)

IDs, dates and publications

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT05609786
Sponsor's protocol ID: IRB00017456
Other IDs: R01HD099144
Acronym: myPlanKenya
Status last verified: Jul 2026
First submitted: 2 Nov 2022
Last updated: 31 Jul 2026
Results posted: Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
Data monitoring committee: Yes
FDA-regulated drug: No
FDA-regulated device: No

Want to know more?

The sponsor has not listed a contact. The official record may have more details.

Talk to your doctor first and take this page with you. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

Questions to ask the study team

What is the study trying to find out?
What would I need to do, and how often would I visit?
Could I receive a placebo instead of the treatment?
What are the possible risks and benefits for me?
Will it cost me anything? Are travel or time paid for?
Can I keep seeing my own doctor during the study?
What happens when the study ends?

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Study at a glance

From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 31 Jul 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.

Official title: Dissemination and Implementation of a Web-based Relationship Safety App, myPlanKenya, for Women at Risk for Intimate Partner Violence in Nairobi, Kenya
ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT05609786
Acronym / sponsor ID: myPlanKenya / IRB00017456
Conditions: Violence, Domestic, Violence, Sexual, Violence, Gender-Based
Keywords: Intimate Partner Violence, Relationships, Safety Planning, technology, implementation
Study type: Interventional
Recruitment status: Completed
Enrolment: 440 participants (actual)
Lead sponsor: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthUniversity, hospital or other
Collaborators: Ujamaa Africa, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Study start: 22 Jun 2022 (actual)
Primary completion: 31 Dec 2024 (actual)
Study completion: 19 Apr 2025 (actual)
First posted: 8 Nov 2022 (actual)
Results: Posted 31 Jul 2026

Clinical summary

The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.

Study design

Primary purpose: Prevention
Allocation: Not applicable
Intervention model: Single group
Masking: None (open label)
Number of arms: 1

Arm	Type	Receives
myPlan Kenya	Experimental	Behavioral: Personalized safety planning toolmyPlan Kenya web-based application

Who may qualify

Ages: 16 years and older
Sex: Female only
Healthy volunteers: Accepted
Age groups: Child, Adult, Older adult

Key inclusion criteria (6 listed)

Female
Age 16 or older
Physical or sexual partner violence or relationship-based fears within the past six months; behaviorally assessed
Living in Nairobi, Kenya with no plans to move in the next 12 months
Access to a safe smart phone or computer (personal or shared), and comfort using it to access the myPlan Kenya app

Key exclusion criteria (6 listed)

Male
Under age 16
Have not experienced physical or sexual partner violence or relationship-based fears in past 6 months
Lives outside of the study area or plans to move within the next 12 months
Does not have access to a safe smart phone or computer, or is uncomfortable using it to access the myPlan Kenya app

Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Interventions

Intervention	Type	Arms
Personalized safety planning toolThe myPlan Kenya app is a web-based safety planning tool that is secure, private, free and personalized to the user. The app includes multiple, evidence-based modules: Strategies (safety strategies tailored to the user's needs and violence experience); Resources (referrals to local health, safety and justice resources and services); About You (questionnaires that help the user assess their relationship safety and tailor their Strategies, including My Relationship, Red Flags, My Safety, My Priorities); Understanding (knowledge sections that share information on relationships and violence, including Healthy Relationships, Harmful Beliefs About Abuse, About Violence).	Behavioural	myPlan Kenya

Primary outcome

Resilience as Assessed by Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale
Time frame: Baseline, 6-month, 12-month
10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale assesses resilience using a 5-point Likert scale (0-4). Scored from 0-40, with higher scores indicating greater resilience and lower scores indicating lower resilience.
Decisional Conflict Score
Time frame: Baseline, 6-month, 12-month
12-item decisional conflict measures (specific to safety), assessed using a 5-point Likert scale (0-4). The mean Decisional Conflict score is multiplied by 25 to create an overall score, ranging from 0-100; 0 (no decisional conflict) to 100 (extremely high decisional conflict).
Safety/IPV Experience(s) as Assessed by the Conflict Tactics Scale-2
Time frame: Baseline, 6-month, 12-month
10-item adapted Conflict Tactics Scale-2 (CTS2), which assesses IPV experiences using a 3-point scale on the frequency of these experiences. Score range 0-20; higher score indicates more IPV.
Percentage of Participants Who Sought Services (Help-seeking)
Time frame: Baseline, 6-month, 12-month
6-item index on help-seeking, which assesses abuse disclosure and services/information received on a 2-point scale (yes/no); operationally defined as percentage of participants who sought help from any of the services.
Helpfulness of Services Assessed by Help-Seeking Index
Time frame: Baseline, 6-month, 12-month
6-item index on help-seeking which assesses abuse disclosure and services/information. Helpfulness of services rated on a 5-point Likert scale (Score range 0-4; with higher score more helpful). Mean helpfulness score of services sought is reported.

2 secondary outcomes

Safety Strategy Score
Time frame: Baseline, 6-month, 12-month
IPV Recognition as Assessed by the Abusive Behaviors Scale
Time frame: Baseline, 6-month, 12-month

Results and safety

Results posted to the registry on 31 Jul 2026, as reported by the sponsor. Figures are copied from the record, not re-analysed. Full results on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Participant flow

Group	Started	Completed
myPlanKenya: Web-based Personalized Safety Decision Aid	440	440

Primary outcome: Resilience as Assessed by Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale

Time frame: Baseline, 6-month, 12-month. Mean (Standard Error). Unit: score on a scale

Measure	myPlanKenya: Web-based Personalized Safety Decision Aid n = 440
Baseline	19.92 (.40)
6-Month Follow-up	20.75 (.45)
12-Month Follow-up	21.17 (.43)

myPlanKenya: Web-based Personalized Safety Decision Aid: p = 0.036, Linear GEE models

Population analysed: Participants with data collected

Primary outcome: Decisional Conflict Score

Time frame: Baseline, 6-month, 12-month. Mean (Standard Error). Unit: score on a scale

Measure	myPlanKenya: Web-based Personalized Safety Decision Aid n = 440
Baseline	42.67 (1.06)
6-month Follow-up	36.10 (1.19)
12-month Follow-up	31.55 (1.14)

myPlanKenya: Web-based Personalized Safety Decision Aid: p <0.001, Chi-squared

Population analysed: Participants with data collected

Primary outcome: Safety/IPV Experience(s) as Assessed by the Conflict Tactics Scale-2

Time frame: Baseline, 6-month, 12-month. Mean (Standard Error). Unit: score on a scale

Measure	myPlanKenya: Web-based Personalized Safety Decision Aid n = 440
Baseline	9.72 (0.28)
6-month Follow-up	7.69 (0.31)
12-month Follow-up	7.17 (0.30)

myPlanKenya: Web-based Personalized Safety Decision Aid: p <0.001, Chi-squared

Population analysed: Participants with data collected

Primary outcome: Percentage of Participants Who Sought Services (Help-seeking)

Time frame: Baseline, 6-month, 12-month. Number. Unit: Percentage of participants

Measure	myPlanKenya: Web-based Personalized Safety Decision Aid n = 440
Baseline Percentage who sought IPV services	94.32
6-month Follow-up (% who sought services)	96.68
12-month Follow-up (% who sought services)	96.44

myPlanKenya: Web-based Personalized Safety Decision Aid: p = 0.160, Chi-squared

Population analysed: Participants with data collected

2 secondary outcomes are reported in the full results.

Adverse events

Time frame: From enrollment until the end of trial follow-up, up to 12 months.. Other adverse events reported at 0% frequency or more

Group	Serious adverse events	Other adverse events	Deaths
myPlanKenya: Web-based Personalized Safety Decision Aid	0 of 440 (0%)	0 of 440 (0%)	0 of 440

Limitations and caveats (from the sponsor): Technical problems emerged with measurements of relationship intention. Results were un-interpretable, thus the effect of the intervention on this outcome cannot be determined.

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Research links

Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 31 Jul 2026.
Posted resultsParticipant flow, baseline, all outcome measures and adverse events.

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Referral and contact

AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.

Michele Decker principal investigator

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Personalized safety planning tool in people with Violence, Domestic and Violence, Sexual, run by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health at 1 site in Kenya.

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 6 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: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 31 Jul 2026. 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 Kenya. 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.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 31 Jul 2026). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Resilience as Assessed by Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (time frame: Baseline, 6-month, 12-month). The study lists 5 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT05609786.

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 31 Jul 2026.