A Group Parenting Intervention for Depressed Fathers (LTP+ Dads): A Feasibility Study From Pakistan
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 18
- Primary Endpoint
- Intervention feasibility
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The study is a feasibility trial with a pre and post-experiment design in Karachi, Pakistan's most populous city. The intervention comprises of twelve sessions of learning through play (LTP) plus during the three month period.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Na
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Masking Description
Researchers doing outcome assessments
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- Male
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Depressed fathers of children 0-30 months
- •Given written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
- •Not willing to participate
- •Out of trial catchment area
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Intervention feasibility
Time Frame: Baseline to 3rd month
Intervention feasibility tested by collating data on recruitment and retention rates. The success criterion of feasibility is to recruit \> 50% of eligible fathers
Intervention acceptability
Time Frame: Baseline to 3rd month
Intervention acceptability assessed using data on attendance. Criterion for acceptability is a mean attendance rate of \>70% of at least 5 sessions.
Secondary Outcomes
- Change in severity of symptoms measured using Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (Hamilton, 1960)(Changes in severity of symptoms from baseline to 3rd month)
- Changes in severity of symptoms measured using Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS; Cox et al. 1987),(Changes in severity of symptoms from baseline to 3rd month)
