Recruitment, Data Acquisition, and Measures
RECRUITMENT
For the RCT, recruitment mainly took place on the web through social media and presence in the (web-based) media. Women aged between 18 and 50 years who self-identified as IPVA survivors were included between April 1, 2019, and October 1, 2020. They filled out a General Characteristics Questionnaire (GCQ) at 3, 6, and 12 months and a Web Evaluation Questionnaire (WEQ) at 1, 3, and 6 months. The WEQ contained open questions on evaluating the intervention, such as “What do you think is positive or helpful, and what are points of improvement?” and “Do you feel safe on the website? Please explain why (not).” The data from the chat and forum were collected between April 1, 2019, and April 1, 2021.For the process evaluation, participants from the RCT intervention group were recruited. This evaluation consisted of semistructured interviews that were conducted between February 2, 2021, and March 19, 2021. All interviewees registered for the SAFE intervention between 6 and 22 months before the interview (mean 13, SD 5.6 months). The interview guide (