Coaching Intervention in Women At-risk for Common Mental Disorders

The University of Hong Kong (HKU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Common Mental Disorders

Treatments: Other: Self-help tips plus telephone support; Other: Coaching

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04637971

iCMD_Coaching_RCT

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full description

Participants will be recruited through online screening tool. Eligible subjects with informed consent provided will be randomly assigned to coaching group or self-help tips plus telephone support group.

To test the effectiveness of the coaching intervention, data collection will be conducted on demographics, symptoms and psychosocial aspects at baseline, immediately, 3-month and 12-month post-intervention. A self-reported brief questionnaire will be administered at every intervention as well.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 69 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 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

Exclusion criteria

• 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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Coaching

Experimental group

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Other: Coaching

Self-help tips plus telephone support

Active Comparator group

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Other: Self-help tips plus telephone support