Evaluation of the impacts of loans for Microcredit clients in South Africa

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Mental health; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Mental disorder, not otherwise specified

• Registration Number: ISRCTN10734925
• Lead Sponsor: Innovations for Poverty Action (USA)

Brief Summary

1. 2008 results in https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-8-409 (added 25/01/2019)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2004-11-30
• Study Start: 2008-06-24
• Last Update Posted: 11 February 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 3000

Inclusion Criteria

1. Individuals (both men and women) who had applied to a micro-lender organisation and were initially rejected for non-fraudulent or non-overindebtness reasons.
2. Above 18 years old

Exclusion Criteria

None

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> 1. Depressive symptoms, measured using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), a 20-item questionnaire (0 = no risk, 60 = highest risk)<br> 2. Perceived stress, measured using the Cohen's Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), a 10-item questionnaire (0 = no stress, 40 = high stress)<br><br> Timepoints of data collection: see Interventions<br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> Household income, measured by a variety of questions that asked about all sources of income obtained by all members of the applicant's household.<br><br> Timepoints of data collection: see Interventions<br>