Effectiveness of community-based depression intervention programme (ComDIP) to manage women with depression in primary care- randomised control trial

Effectiveness of a Brief Psychological Intervention Delivered by Nurse for Depression in Pregnancy: Study Protocol for a Multicentric Randomized Controlled Trial from India

“…Methods: This study is a randomized, open-label, parallel-group, multicentric trial being conducted in four sites of India. A total of 816 pregnant women with mild to moderately severe depression (Patient Health Questionaire-9 score of [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] are being assessed for the effectiveness of the intervention. Participants are randomly allocated to two groups of trial biological, psychological, and social changes.…”

“…18 Another RCT carried out in South India found that a community-based depression intervention program implemented through the existing health system was effective in managing women with depression in primary care. 19 There are a few other studies that have attempted to assess the integration of perinatal mental health initiatives within existing maternal health settings. 20,21 However, despite the existing evidence and recommendations, there is a high treatment gap of 76%-85% for mental health disorders in developing countries.…”

Psychological and social interventions for mental health issues and disorders in Southeast Asia: a systematic review

“…(Songprakun & McCann, 2012b) [ 62 ] Resilience Depression Bibliotherapy N = 56 Individual Weekly for 8 weeks IG versus CG improved resilience levels (P = 0.029), and depression post treatment (P = 0.018) and 4 weeks hence (resilience P = 0.004; depression P = 0.005) Evaluation of a cognitive behavioural self-help manual for reducing depression: a randomized controlled trial (Songprakun & McCann, 2012c) [ 63 ] Depression Bibliotherapy N = 56 Individual Weekly for 8 weeks IG group showed a significant decrease in depression scores from baseline to post-test (P = 0.018) and from baseline to follow-up (P = 0.005), but no significant decrease from post-test to follow-up (P = 1.00) Effectiveness of community-based depression intervention programme (ComDIP) to manage women with depression in primary care- randomised control trial. (Indu et al 2018) [ 53 ] Depression Quality of Life Community-based depression intervention programme (ComDIP): includes psychoeducation, behavioural activation, relation between negative thoughts and behaviour discussion and drug treatment N = 60 Individual Weekly for 8 weeks In the IG there was a large effect on depressive severity with women with depression (P = 0.01) and quality of life (P = 0.006) was found at 8 weeks versus CG Effectiveness of non-medical health worker-led counselling on psychological distress: a randomized controlled trial in rural Nepal. (Markkula et al 2019) [ 65 ] Depression Anxiety Counselling intervention: emotional support along with problem solving and coping skills development N = 287 Individual Five 45 min appointments, two of which were completed in the first week, with meetings being weekly from weeks two to four IG who received 6 months training, delivered in a primary care setting was effective versus CG at improving depressive and anxiety symptoms at 1 and 6 months (P-Values not reported) Brief cognitive behavioral therapy for depression among patients with alcohol dependence in Thailand (Thapinta et al 2014) [ 48 ] Depression Alcohol dependence CBT …”

“…EMDR or CBT. The intervention programmes reviewed can be categorised as: lay delivered (n = 7) [ 40 , 41 , 49 , 56 , 64 , 68 , 71 ], yoga, aerobic and/or meditation based (n = 9) [ 42 – 46 , 50 – 52 , 58 ], CBT oriented (n = 8) [ 47 , 48 , 53 , 59 , 61 – 63 , 65 ] health worker delivered (n = 3) [ 54 , 55 , 60 ]. EMDR oriented (n = 2) [ 66 , 69 ] and professional hybrid interventions or programmes (n = 3) [ 57 , 67 , 70 ].…”

“…In an RCT of a 6 week group CBT intervention (versus a control—type not reported), which included psychoeducation and relaxation exercises for depression among menopausal women, Reddy et al [ 47 ] (N = 102) found that the CBT intervention significantly improved depression symptoms (P = 0.00) over a 6 month period. Indu et al [ 53 ] developed an 8 week CBT oriented intervention including psychoeducation and behavioural activation which could be delivered individually by health workers. This intervention was then combined with drug treatment to help manage depression in women in a primary care setting in India.…”