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UnknownNCT05349877
Efficacy of a Brief Intervention to Improve Sexual and Gender Minorities' Mental Health: Randomized Controlled Trial.
Efficacy of a Brief, Self-guided, On-line, Writing Intervention to Improve Mental Health Outcomes Among Sexual and Gender Minorities: a Randomized Controlled Trial.
- Status
- Unknown
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 306 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 16 Years – 100 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
Experiences of violence, from micro to physical aggressions, have a deleterious impact on mental health. According to the Minority Stress Theory, unfavorable social conditions (such as anticipated and experienced discrimination and internalized homophobia), mediated by resilience strategies, can lead to mental health or illness. Sexual and gender minorities (SGM) face stigma and discrimination aggravating multiple aspects of their lives: from school drop-out to halting health care access. SGM reveal avoiding medical assistance for fear of discrimination while health professionals disclose feeling unprepared to handle SGM health needs. There are two main challenges: 1) developing specific psychological interventions to reduce the impact of stigma and discrimination on SGM' mental health; and 2) training public health professionals to properly address SGM needs. Therefore, the present trial aims to assess the efficacy of a brief, self-guided, on-line, asynchronous and unsupervised psychological intervention in improving SGM' mental health.
Conditions
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Psychological Distress
- Social Phobia
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Suicidal Ideation
- Sex, Unsafe
- Discrimination, Social
- Behavior, Risk
- Self Esteem
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Expressive writing | Write, continuously for 20 minutes, about deepest emotions and thoughts concerning experiences of minority stress, exploring a particular event and how it has affected the participant. |
| BEHAVIORAL | Self-affirmation | Write, continuously for 20 minutes, about values the participant think is important to overcome experiences of minority stress. |
| BEHAVIORAL | Placebo | Write, continuously for 20 minutes, about their daily routine, without expressing feelings and deep thoughts about it. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2022-06-10
- Primary completion
- 2022-06-30
- Completion
- 2022-12-15
- First posted
- 2022-04-27
- Last updated
- 2022-04-27
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