Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Persons With Depression

Rajshahi University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Depression

Treatments: Other: cognitive behavior therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05724680

24-PhD/2017/1985

Details and patient eligibility

About

This was a randomized controlled clinical trial (RCT) carried out in three different hospitals in Dhaka city, Bangladesh.

Full description

This was a randomized controlled trial, conducted to determine the effectiveness of CBT for depression delivered by trained therapists with an adapted Bengali CBT (BaCBT) manual, as compared to a control group. The main objective of the current study was to examine the efficacy of CBT for persons with major depression in Bangladesh.

Enrollment: 148 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosed with Major Depression
• Must be able to take therapeutic session

Exclusion criteria

• active suicidal ideation
• a co-morbid serious health condition
• with psychotic features
• currently on medication for depression
• with an intellectual disability

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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148 participants in 2 patient groups

Treatment group

Experimental group

Description:

cognitive behavior therapy * one session per week * six to eight session

Treatment:

Other: cognitive behavior therapy

Wait list control group

Other group

Description:

* waitlist control group * offer CBT after completing data collection.

Treatment:

Other: cognitive behavior therapy