NCT06995807

EL-SHIN Therapy for Depressive Symptoms

Enhancing the Efficacy of Depression and Low Mood Treatment: A Novel Adjunctive Approach

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Monash University Malaysia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Depressive Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	EL-SHIN THERAPY	Participants will be randomly assigned to Group A and Group B. Group A : Attend a talk on Malaysia Tourism + current coping strategies. Group B : EL-SHIN® Therapy + current coping strategies. Duration of therapies: 2 weeks Assessments using (i) DASS-21 (ii) MHQoL (iii) SLEEP QUALITY SCALE (SQS) at baseline, after 1st week \& 2nd weeks for both groups. Assessment will be done on end of 3rd week to see effect when EL-SHIN Therapy Stopped. Group B participants: Attend a workshop on administration of EL-SHIN® Therapy. Will reinitiate EL-SHIN Therapy on the 4th week and assess on the 8th day to see the effect.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-06-01
• Primary completion: 2026-07-01
• Completion: 2027-05-01
• First posted: 2025-05-30
• Last updated: 2025-12-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Malaysia