Therapeutic Exercise and Psychological Well-Being in Women Victims of Gender-Based Violence: Study Protocol
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Gender-Based Violence, Anxiety, Depression, Exercise Therapy, Physical therapy Modalities, Mental HealthAbstract
Background.: Women victims of gender-based violence suffer from deteriorating mental health, reporting anxiety, stress or depression. The efficacy of therapeutic exercise in mental health is widely evidenced. However, the effects of therapeutic exercise on this population are not clearly known. Purpose: to evaluate the effects of a therapeutic exercise programme on the psychological well-being of women victims of gender-based violence. Methods: The study will involve women victims of gender violence who attend the Women's Information Centres of Poio and Pontevedra. The intervention group will perform two weekly exercise sessions for 8 weeks supervised by a physiotherapist. The control group will perform the same exercise at home with the support of a mobile application but without professional supervision. Results: the general hypothesis of the results is that the therapeutic exercise group would significantly improve the psychological well-being of women victims of gender violence, compared to the control group, which would maintain its baseline values of psychological well-being. The aim is to provide relevant data on the beneficial effects of physiotherapy in mental health through therapeutic exercise on the psychological well-being of victims of gender violence in order to be able to safely incorporate therapeutic exercise in multidisciplinary strategies for the treatment of battered women.
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