A Community-based Resilience Group Psychotherapy for Only-child Loss Parents in China

Central South University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Depression

Treatments: Behavioral: 8-week Resilience Group Psychotherapy; Other: Usual care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05410119

Resilience Group Psychotherapy

Details and patient eligibility

About

Two communities in Changsha was selected, where principle investigators' institution located, to recruit 80 participants into intervention group and control group. Resilience therapy group was intervened by a psychotherapy developed by the researchers, which lasts 8 weeks. The themes of each week are start-up, mutual help, trust in yourself, thanksgiving feedback, care for yourself, emotional management, end-up. Measurement was conducted before the intervention, immediately after intervention, 3-month after intervention, and 12-month after intervention. A questionnaire was used during each measurement, including several scales in it, including resilience and depression.The saliva test of Dehydroepiandrosterone was also done in each measurement.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 49+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. had only one child but now passed away;
2. failed to have another children;
3. volunteered to participate;
4. the score of resilience was under 72 points indicating a lower or middle level

Exclusion criteria

1. in the acute bereavement period (<6 months);
2. unable to participate in activities due to severe physical illness;
3. receiving drug treatment for mental illness;
4. receiving other psychological therapy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

Resilience group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: 8-week Resilience Group Psychotherapy

Controlled group

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Usual care