Community Intervention for Promoting Psychological Well-Being among Unemployed

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Depression; Anxiety; Addiction; Mental Health - Depression; Mental Health - Anxiety; Mental Health - Addiction

• Registration Number: ACTRN12616001432404
• Lead Sponsor: Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-10-13
• Study Completion: 2017-04-30
• Last Update Posted: 27 April 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 127

Inclusion Criteria

Unemployed people (18-65 years old, both genders, having at least nine years of formal education) registered at public employment centres from different geographical regions for less than 12 months (including first-job seekers).

Exclusion Criteria

Public employment centres’ unemployed users already attending, at the moment of the recruitment, other public employment centre’s courses.
Users with a diagnosed mental or physical severe disorder or disability.
Chronic but not disabling diseases, such as depression, anxiety disorder, diabetes or hypertension, are not exclusion criteria.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Mental health literacy, assessed by modified/shortened versions of (a) Depression Literacy Questionnaire (D-Lit) and (b) Anxiety Literacy Questionnaire (A-Lit), developed by Griffiths et al (2008).[Three moments of evaluation will occur: before intervention (baseline), immediately after its ending and three months later.];Mental health-related personal and perceived stigma (composite primary outcome), assessed by a modified/shortened version of the Depression Stigma Scale (DSS), developed by Griffiths et al (2008).[Three moments of evaluation will occur: before intervention (baseline), immediately after its ending and three months later.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Psychological well-being, assessed by the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), developed by Derogatis (1983).[Three moments of evaluation will occur: before intervention (baseline), immediately after its ending and three months later.];Satisfaction with life, assessed by the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), developed by Diener (1985).[Three moments of evaluation will occur: before intervention (baseline), immediately after its ending and three months later.];Resilience, assessed by the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) (2003).[Three moments of evaluation will occur: before intervention (baseline), immediately after its ending and three months later.]