Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Groups adapted for the Ugandan Population: A randomized controlled trial of six sessions versus eight sessions of trigger concordant and trigger discordant therapy

Phase 4

• Conditions: Mental and Behavioural Disorders

• Registration Number: PACTR202306771120632
• Lead Sponsor: StrongMinds

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2023-05-17
• Last Update Posted: 4 March 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 300

Inclusion Criteria

Persons aged 18 years and over screened using the PHQ-9 and reported to have depression (cut off score of 10 and above on the PHQ-9), with two or more triggers of depression. Participants with at least two similar triggers out of the four IPT triggers to depressions will be included in the study.
Participants must be fluent in either English or Luganda and be able to consent to participation.

Exclusion Criteria

Persons who state or carry reports indicating a previous diagnosis of intellectual disability, psychiatric disorder other than depression, or dementia, and those who are physically too unwell to participate in the interview will be excluded.
Participants who meet the inclusion criteria but have impairments that hinder engagement with the research procedures for any reasons (is deaf or hard of hearing, speech, and visual impairment with no aids to see, unable to give consent will be excluded.
Those who are not fluent in either spoken English or Luganda,
Those under the age of 18, will also be excluded from the study.
Study sites will be located in Luganda-speaking regions. Potential participants will receive a participant study information sheet or a verbal description of the study by any of the research assistants, according to their preference, and any of their questions will be answered. Written consent will be sought. Only those who give written informed consent will be recruited to the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
PHQ-9 score change between pre- and post-intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
WHOQOL-BREF score change between pre- and post-intervention<br>;WHODAS 2.0 score change between pre- and post-intervention