NCT05512624

Integrating a Mental Health Intervention Into Primary Health Care for Refugees

Integrating an Evidence-based Mental Health Intervention Into Primary Health Care to Improve Outcomes for Refugees With Hypertension, Diabetes, and Epilepsy

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 308 (estimated)
• Sponsor: International Rescue Committee · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of an evidence-based mental health intervention (Common Elements Treatment Approach) on medication adherence, behavioral improvement and clinical outcomesamong adults taking medication for hypertension, diabetes and epilepsy using a two-arm randomized wait-list controlled trial among adult refugees in Mae La camp, Thailand.

Conditions

• Medication Adherence
• Mental Health Issue
• Self Efficacy
• Hypertension
• Epilepsy
• Diabetes

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Common Elements Treatment Approach	For treatment group participants, they will then have weekly meetings with a counselor lasting no more than 1.5 hours per session, and a total of approximately 10 sessions. Both treatment and wait list participants will then complete the assessment instrument at 3 months and 6 months post-enrollment (each lasting no more than 1.5 hours). All total, it is expected that treatment group participants will have up to 13 meetings with a study team member or counselor over the course of their participation. Wait list group participants will have 3 meetings with a study team member over the course of their participation. If the treatment is deemed to be effective these wait list participants will be the first adults to be offered the intervention after trial completion.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-09-01
• Primary completion: 2023-09-01
• Completion: 2023-09-01
• First posted: 2022-08-23
• Last updated: 2022-12-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Thailand