EL-SHIN Therapy for Depressive Symptoms

Monash University Malaysia

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Depressive Disorder

Treatments: Other: EL-SHIN THERAPY

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06995807

MonashUMalaysia

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a research aiming to find the effectiveness of an innovative therapy, EL-SHIN THERAPY, in ameliorating depressive symptoms.

Full description

This study evaluates the effectiveness of EL-SHIN® Therapy, a novel adjunctive intervention in alleviating depressive symptoms.

There are three components in this therapy:

1. Lavender Therapy
2. GRATEFULNESS® Therapy
3. Fasting with exercise and light therapy

The study includes two phases: a quantitative clinical trial and a qualitative focus group.

Assessments will use DASS-21, MHQoL, and SQS scales with the intervention delivered in English over 3-4 weeks.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age: Above 18 yrs old
• DASS-21 scores:

"Moderately Depressed (Score: 14-20)", "Moderately Anxious (Score: 10-14)" & "Moderately Stressed (Score: 19-25)"

• Non-Muslim (Due to legal restriction in Malaysia for this religion)
• English literate
• Believers in Creationism

Exclusion criteria

• Muslim (legal restrictions in Malaysia for this religion).
• Non-English literate (research will be conducted in English only).
• Individuals with any other medical conditions or on current medication To reduce potential complications or confounding factors).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

EL-SHIN THERAPY (CONTROL GROUP A)

No Intervention group

Description:

Control Group

EL-SHIN THERAPY (GROUP B)

Experimental group

Description:

Group receiving intervention

Treatment:

Other: EL-SHIN THERAPY