Coaching Intervention in Women At-risk for Common Mental Disorders

NCT04637971 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: iCMD_Coaching_RCT
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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

Conditions

Common Mental Disorders

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Changes in depressive symptoms

  Score of depression subscale of Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS) at 6-month post-intervention will be compared with that at baseline.

  6-month post-intervention

• Changes in anxiety symptoms

  Score of anxiety subscale of Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS) at 6-month post-intervention will be compared with that at baseline.

  6-month post-intervention

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Changes in depressive symptoms

  Immediate and 3-month post-intervention

• Changes in anxiety symptoms

  Immediate and 3-month post-intervention

• Changes in quality of life

  Immediate, 3- and 6-month post-intervention

Study Arms (2)

Coaching

EXPERIMENTAL

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.

Other: Coaching

Self-help tips plus telephone support

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

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.

Other: Self-help tips plus telephone support

Interventions

Coaching OTHER

Participants will receive 4 sessions of group coaching intervention within 6 weeks. Each session is in a group of 3-4 women and lasts for approximately 1.5 hours. The sessions will be conducted by experienced social workers.

Coaching

Self-help tips plus telephone support OTHER

Participants will receive 4 self-help tips sent via SMS and 4 phone call from a social worker in 6-week of time. During the telephone call, the social worker will advise the client to make use of the tips we sent to her.

Self-help tips plus telephone support

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 69 Years
• Gender Eligibility Details: Adult women
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• 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

You may not qualify if:

• 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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The University of Hong Kong: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Location

Study Officials

• Yi Nam Suen, PhD

  The University of Hong Kong

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Research Assistant Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 16, 2020
• First Posted: November 20, 2020
• Study Start: December 1, 2020
• Primary Completion: January 1, 2022
• Study Completion: February 1, 2022
• Last Updated: May 24, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

HK (1)