STRENGTHS: Fostering responsive mental health systems in the Syrian refugee crisis
Phase 3
Recruiting
- Conditions
- depressionPsychological symptoms of anxiety, (posttraumatic) stress and depression, anger, hair biomarkersanxietyPsychological symptomsdistress10027946
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON53148
- Lead Sponsor
- Vrije Universiteit
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 510
Inclusion Criteria
(Phase 2 and 4B, Exploratory randomized controlled trial (RCT) and Definite RCT)
- 18 years or above
- refugee
- Arabic-speaking
- Elevated levels of psychological distress (K10 >15.9) and reduced
psychosocial functioning (WHODAS 2.0 >16)
Exclusion Criteria
(for participants in phase 2 and 4B)
- Acute medical conditions
- Imminent suicide risk or with expressed acute needs/protection risks (e.g., a
young woman who expresses that she is at acute risk of being assaulted or
killed)
- Severe mental disorder (psychotic disorders, substance-dependence)
- Severe cognitive impairment (e.g., severe intellectual disability or dementia)
- Currently enrolled in a specialized psychological treatment program (e.g.,
EMDR, CBT)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The main study parameter will be the decrease in psychological distress from<br /><br>baseline to three-month follow-up, measured through the Hopkins Symptoms<br /><br>Checklist (HSCL-25), a self-report measure for symptoms of psychological<br /><br>distress. We expect a difference of Cohen*s d effect size of .4 between the PM+<br /><br>group and controls.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Secondary parameters include functional impairment (WHODAS 2.0), posttraumatic<br /><br>stress reactions (PCL-5), self-identified problems (PSYCHLOPS), cost of care<br /><br>(CSRI schedule), anger (STAS-T), and hair biomarkers</p><br>