mPareshan: Addressing symptoms of anxiety and depression through an mHealth application delivered by frontline health workers at community doorsteps

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Anxiety; Depression; Mental Health - Anxiety; Mental Health - Depression; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12622000989741
• Lead Sponsor: Brain and Mind Institute, Aga Khan University

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2022-07-14
• Last Update Posted: 9 August 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 124

Inclusion Criteria

Eligibility criteria for participant enrollment in Intervention:
-Aged 18 years or older
-Showing mild” or moderate” symptoms of anxiety or depression according to GAD-7 and PHQ-9 tools
-Willing to participate and able to give consent

Exclusion Criteria

-Age less than 18 year or greater than 60 years
-Undergoing any therapy/pharmacological treatment for mental health issues
-Cases of minimal, moderately severe, and severe anxiety and depression according to GAD-7 and PHQ-9

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The effect of mPareshan intervention on screen positive participants (SP’s) mean symptomatic scores of anxiety[-Post-intervention, at endline (after completion of 6 counselling sessions) assessing change in SPs baseline anxiety scores through GAD-7];Feasibility outcomes 1 : <br>-% SP consent , recruitment, retention <br>-% SP retention , <br>-number of counselling sessions completed for each SP<br><br><br><br>[Feasibility outcomes 1 : <br>-Continuous tracking during intervention roll out <br>- Post-intervention, After completion of all 6 counselling sessions<br> data will be collected through app dashboard ];The effect of mPareshan intervention on screen positive participants (SP’s) mean symptomatic scores of depression . <br>[<br>-Post-intervention, at endline (after completion of 6 counselling sessions) assessing change in SPs baseline depression scores through PHQ-9. ]