Coaching Intervention in Women At-risk for Common Mental Disorders

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Common Mental Disorders
• Interventions: Other: Coaching; Other: Self-help tips plus telephone support

• Registration Number: NCT04637971
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong

Brief Summary

This study aims to provide coaching intervention for prevention of developing common mental disorders to 60 at-risk women in Hong Kong.

Detailed Description

Participants will be recruited through online screening tool. Eligible subjects with informed consent provided will be randomly assigned to coaching group or self-help tips plus telephone support group.

To test the effectiveness of the coaching intervention, data collection will be conducted on demographics, symptoms and psychosocial aspects at baseline, immediately, 3-month and 12-month post-intervention. A self-reported brief questionnaire will be administered at every intervention as well.

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-11-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-11-16
• Study First Posted: 2020-11-20
• Study Start: 2020-12-01
• Primary Completion: 2022-01-01
• Study Completion: 2022-02-01
• Status Verified: 2022-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-05-22
• Last Update Posted: 2022-05-24

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• Willing to provide written informed consent
• Able to understand Cantonese and read/write Chinese
• With subsyndromal or minor common mental disorders (CMD) indicated by 10 - 20 of Depression subscale of Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS) or 8-14 of Anxiety subscale of DASS

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Exclusion Criteria

• Those mental conditions that require other treatment priorities (e.g., suicidal risk, substance abuse, current or past episodes of psychotic disorder, personality disorders)
• Those medical conditions that severely limit participation, comprehension, or adherence to treatment (e.g., epilepsy, dementia, terminal medical illness)
• Those who are receiving structured psychotherapy or counseling

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Coaching	Coaching	The present intervention is a structured, group-based coaching program that is facilitating an active process of change through the identification of achievable personal goals, the formulation of action plans, the provision of constructive feedback, and progressive monitoring of goal attainment.
Self-help tips plus telephone support	Self-help tips plus telephone support	Self-help tips including stress coping methods. Our project staff will contact the subject to encourage her to make use of the tips we sent her.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Changes in depressive symptoms	6-month post-intervention	Score of depression subscale of Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS) at 6-month post-intervention will be compared with that at baseline.
Changes in anxiety symptoms	6-month post-intervention	Score of anxiety subscale of Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS) at 6-month post-intervention will be compared with that at baseline.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Changes in anxiety symptoms	Immediate and 3-month post-intervention	Score of anxiety subscale of Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS) immediate and 3-month post-intervention will be compared with that at baseline.
Changes in depressive symptoms	Immediate and 3-month post-intervention	Score of depression subscale of Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS) immediate and 3-month post-intervention will be compared with that at baseline.
Changes in quality of life	Immediate, 3- and 6-month post-intervention	Score of 12-Item Short Form Health Survey version 2 (SF-12 v2) immediate, 3- and 6-month post-intervention will be compared with that at baseline.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Hong Kong; 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, Hong Kong