NCT07527312

Effectiveness of Behavioral Activation Group Therapy for Patients With Depression at the Community in Thanh Hoa

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 242 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hanoi Medical University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study aimed to evaluate whether the 8-week BA group therapy delivered at commune health stations (CHSs) improves depressive symptom severity, psychological distress, behavioral activation, resilient coping, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) compared with control care, from post-intervention through 9 months of follow-up, and whether effects vary across follow-up time points. By using a cluster-randomized trial design in routine CHS settings with supervised delivery by trained commune health staff, this study addresses an important evidence gap on scalable, community-based depression care in Vietnam. The investigators further reasoned that brief, structured psychological interventions that can be implemented within primary care services may help expand access to evidence-based depression care where specialist resources are limited.

Conditions

• Depression - Major Depressive Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Behaviral activation group therapy	Behaviral activation group therapy is an empirically validated, structured psychological treatment for depression that encourages individuals to re-engage with meaningful activities and increase contact with rewarding experiences within their natural environment. The eight-week-long BAG program is designed to teach subjects in these main themes: Doing healthy activities, Appropriate Activities and Life Balance, Goal Setting and Activity Planning, Problem-Solving Skills, The Importance of Social Connection, Effective Communication Skills, and Relapse Prevention and Graduation.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-08-01
• Primary completion: 2025-10-30
• Completion: 2025-11-30
• First posted: 2026-04-14
• Last updated: 2026-04-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Vietnam