Program for effective mental health interventions in under-resourced health systems

Completed

Conditions: General adult depression
Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Registration Number: ISRCTN95149997

Lead Sponsor: ondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (UK)

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 450

Inclusion Criteria

1. Must be above the age of 18 but below the age of 65
2. Must reside within the geographic area which is selected for the PHC
3. Must plan to stay at the same address for at least 12 months
4. Must be able to speak one of the following languages: Konkani/Hindi/Marathi/English
5. Must not have been screened in the previous 3 months

Exclusion Criteria

1. Pregnant women
2. Patients with drinking problems (as the guidelines require such patients to be treated first for drinking problems and this will be handled in a companion trial)
3. Patients who need urgent medical attention (defined as needing emergency treatment and/or in-patient admission)
4. Patients unable to communicate clearly (for example due to a speech or hearing disability)
5. In receipt of PREMIUM counselling treatment

Added 26/05/2015:
6. Patient lives together in the same household with previously recruited patient or is in regular contact with previously recruited patient(s)

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Mean difference in total score measured by the Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI-II), at 3 months , a 21-item questionnaire assessment of depressive symptoms; each item is scored on a Likert scale of f 0 to 3. It measures depression severity based on symptom scores<br>2. Remission, defined as a score of <10 measured at 3 months by the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), a nine-item questionnaire for the detection and diagnosis of depression based on DSM-IV criteria. It is scored on a scale of 0 to 3 based on frequency of symptoms

Secondary Outcome Measures