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The effectiveness of a Supported Self-management task-shifting intervention for adult depression in Vietnam communities: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
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Mental Health in Adults and Children: Frugal Innovations
Tele-SSM: A Telephone Technology Innovation in the Intervention on Supported Self-management for Depression in Vietnam
Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Primary-level worker interventions for the care of people living with mental disorders and distress in low- and middle-income countries.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a telehealth supported self-management intervention for adults with depression symptoms in Vietnam: a mixed-method pre-post study.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2025Article
- Knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward depression among people living with depression in Vietnam: the cultural dynamics in the era of globalization.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Health-related quality of life of people with depression: pre-post intervention compared with age-matched general population in Vietnam.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- Study protocol for type II hybrid implementation-effectiveness trial of strategies for depression care task-sharing in community health stations in Vietnam: DEP Project.BMC public health · 2023Article
- The Voice of Patients Really Matters: Using Patient-Reported Outcomes and Experiences Measures to Assess Effectiveness of Home-Based Integrated Care-A Scoping Review of Practice.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Lay social workers implementing a task-sharing approach to managing depression in Vietnam.International journal of mental health systems · 2021Article
- Is supported self-management for depression effective for adults in community-based settings in Vietnam?: a modified stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial.International journal of mental health systems · 2020Article
- Barriers and facilitators to the integration of depression services in primary care in Vietnam: a mixed methods study.BMC health services research · 2018Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundDepressive disorders are one of the leading causes of disease and disability worldwide. In Vietnam, although epidemiological evidence suggests that depression rates are on par with global averages, services for depression are very limited. In a feasibility study that was implemented from 2013 to 2015, we found that a Supported Self-management (SSM) intervention showed promising results for adults with depression in the community in Vietnam. This paper describes the Mental Health in Adults and Children: Frugal Innovations (MAC-FI) trial protocol that will assess the effectiveness of the SSM intervention, delivered by primary care and social workers, to community-based populations of adults with depression in eight Vietnamese provinces. METHODS/
designThe MAC-FI program will be assessed using a stepped-wedge, randomized controlled trial. Study participants are adults aged 18 years and over in eight provinces of Vietnam. Study participants will be screened at primary care centres and in the community by health and social workers using the Self-reporting Questionnaire-20 (SRQ-20). Patients scoring >7, indicating depression caseness, will be invited to participate in the study in either the SSM intervention group or the enhanced treatment as usual control group. Recruited participants will be further assessed using the World Health Organization's Disability Assessment Scale (WHODAS 2.0) and the Cut-down, Annoyed, Guilty, Eye-opener (CAGE) Questionnaire for alcohol misuse. Intervention-group participants will receive the SSM intervention, delivered with the support of a social worker or social collaborator, for a period of 2 months. Control- group participants will receive treatment as usual and a leaflet with information about depression. SRQ-20, WHODAS 2.0 and CAGE scores will be taken by blinded outcome assessors at baseline, after 1 month and after 2 months. The primary analysis method will be intention-to-treat. DISCUSSION: This study has the potential to add to the knowledge base about the effectiveness of a SSM intervention for adult depression that has been validated for the Vietnamese context. This trial will also contribute to the growing body of evidence about the effectiveness of low-cost, task-shifting interventions for use in low-resource settings, where specialist mental health services are often limited.
trial registrationRetrospectively registered at ClinicalTrials.gov, identifier: NCT03001063 . Registered on 20 December 2016.
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