Nursing interventions for improving ego resilience and quality of life among people with depression.

Not yet recruiting

• Registration Number: CTRI/2021/03/032247
• Lead Sponsor: K Jayakrishnan

Brief Summary

The project that has been undertaken as a part of completing the PhD in Nursing coarse, and is aimed at improving the ego resilience and quality of life of people with depression. The study is conducted at a central government based tertiary level medical college in Patna, Bihar. The study is attempting to assess the efficacy of four nursing interventions, bundled to be provided as a intensive intervention for a period of two weeks. The interventions would include, Physical Exercise, Psycho-education, Counselling and Cognitively oriented group therapy. The variables would be assessed by WHO Quality of life - Bref scale for Quality of life, Ego Resilience Scale - 14 by Kremen and Block for Ego Resilience and Hamilton Depression Rating scale for severity of Depression. The Trial is expected to be over within an year.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 2021-02-26
• Study Start: 2021-05-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 53

Inclusion Criteria

• 1. Clinical diagnosis of Bipolar/Unipolar depression 2)Known diagnosis for more than 6 months 3)Individuals with moderate, severe and extreme depression 4)Aged more than 18 years of age 5) Individuals who read, write and understand English or Hindi language.
• 6)Individuals admitted in selected mental health centres as inpatients.
• 7. Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) score more than 14.

Exclusion Criteria

• 1)With primary diagnosis of any neurotic, organic or substance related disorders.
• 2. Unwilling to participate in the study.
• 3. Participation in any other trials.
• 4. Current use of complementary and alternative therapies.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of Life	Baseline, 45 days, 90 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Ego Resilience	Baseline, 45 days, 90 days
Severity of Depression	Baseline, 45 days, 90 days

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

All India Institute of Medical Sciences Patna; 🇮🇳 Patna, BIHAR, India

All India Institute of Medical Sciences Patna

🇮🇳Patna, BIHAR, India

K Jayakrishnan

Principal investigator

9348310322

jk.snc007@gmail.com