Table 2.

Secondary outcome measures

Outcome	Measure	Description	Hypothesis
Anxiety and depression	Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)	To determine levels of experienced anxiety and depression symptoms [35–37].	Participants in the intervention group will show a lower mean depression score and a lower mean anxiety score than the comparison group.
Awareness	Contemplation Ladder (modified version; original by Biener & Abrams [38])	To measure awareness of abuse from 0 to 10 based on how ready the woman is to make changes to her situation.	Participants in the intervention group will show a higher mean score on awareness than the comparison group.
Perceived social support	Medical Outcomes Survey – Social Support (MOS-SS5)	The questions concern the access to support of women to persons in their life [39, 40].	Participants in the intervention group will show a higher mean score on perceived social support than the comparison group.
Fear of partner	Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)	To measure the current level of fear of their (ex-) partner from 0 to 10.	Participants in the intervention group will show a lower mean fearfulness score than the comparison group.
Perceived website support	Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)	To measure how supported the participant feels by the website from 0 to 10.	Participants in the intervention group will show a higher mean score on perceived website support than the comparison group.