Clinical Trial: Effectiveness of Group Psychoeducational Intervention to Increase Intentions to Seek Psychological Counseling in University Students (Japan)

Tokyo, Jan. 30 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000059405) titled 'Effectiveness of Group Psychoeducational Intervention to Increase Intentions to Seek Psychological Counseling in University Students' on Jan. 30.

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Basic Design - Parallel Randomization - Non-randomized Blinding - Single blind -participants are blinded Control - No treatment

Primary Sponsor: Institute - University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

Condition: Condition - Experimental Classification by malignancy - Others Genomic information - NO

Objective: Narrative objectives1 - The present study investigates whether a brief, passive group psychoeducational intervention, designed after the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and the information model, could increase intentions to seek psychological counseling (ISPC) for depression and substance use disorders (SUD) among undergraduate students in Lahore, Pakistan. Basic objectives2 - Efficacy

Intervention: Interventions/Control_1 - In the intervention group, university students will receive three weekly lecture-based group psychoeducational sessions on depression Interventions/Control_2 - In the wait-list control group, university students will not receive group psychoeducational sessions on depression until after the post-assessment.

Eligibility: Age-lower limit - 18 years-old = Gender - Male and Female Key inclusion criteria - Eligible participants will be full-time undergraduate students enrolled in private or public universities in Lahore, Pakistan, and who screen positive for either depression or substance use disorder as determined through a screening measure. Key exclusion criteria - Undergraduate university students will be excluded if they have a personal history of consultation with a mental health professional, indicate active suicidal intent or severe depression, are majoring in psychology, or have a physical disability. Target Size - 80

Recruitment Status: Recruitment status - Enrolling by invitation Date of protocol fixation - 2021 Year 07 Month 21 Day Date of IRB - 2021 Year 10 Month 21 Day Anticipated trial start date - 2025 Year 10 Month 25 Day Last follow-up date - 2026 Year 01 Month 10 Day

To know more, visit https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000067940

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