How should community Health workers be trained regarding geriatric mental health
Not Applicable
Completed
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2016/04/006846
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity Grants Commission Senior Research Feloowship
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
Community Health Workers who fall under the catchment area of Sakkalwara Community Mental Health Centre of NIMHANS will be included in the study
Exclusion Criteria
Community health workers who have participated in a similar program earlier will be excluded from the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Geriatric Mental health Literacy of Community Health WorkersTimepoint: To be assessed at Baseline (Day 0), <br/ ><br>post intervention(Day 2), <br/ ><br>2 month and 2 days from baseline (Day <br/ ><br>62) <br/ ><br>4 months 2 and days from baseline (Day 122), <br/ ><br>6 months and 2 days from baseline(day 182) <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method â?¢number of attempts made to identify the <br/ ><br>elderly who need intervention in the community <br/ ><br>â?¢the number of elderly who were referred to Sakkalwara Mental Health Clinic <br/ ><br>â?¢the attempts to intervene with the families of elderly, <br/ ><br>â?¢attempts to impart the skills in the community to prevent the occurrence of mental health problems in the elderly <br/ ><br>â?¢Nature of difficulties experienced in implementing the porgramme. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 2 month and 2 days from post intervention (Day <br/ ><br>62) <br/ ><br> 4 months 2 and days from post intervention (Day <br/ ><br>122), <br/ ><br>6 months and 2 days from post intervention(day 182) <br/ ><br>