Trial reportBMJ open2018
Outcomes of an individual counselling programme in Grozny, Chechnya: a randomised controlled study.
Trial report in BMJ open, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Psychological and social interventions for the promotion of mental health in people living in low- and middle-income countries affected by humanitarian crises.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Integrating Depression and Alcohol Use Care Into Primary Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Meta-Analysis.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2023Pooled it
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Abstract
objectivesTo evaluate the effectiveness of individual counselling on functioning of clients participating in a mental health intervention in a humanitarian setting.
designRandomised controlled trial.
settingMental health programme implemented by Médecins Sans Frontières in Grozny, Republic of Chechnya.
participants168 eligible clients were randomly assigned to the intervention and waitlisted (2 months) arms between November 2014 and February 2015.
interventionIndividual counselling sessions.
main outcome measuresChange in functioning was measured using the Short Form 6 (SF6) and gender-specific locally adapted Chechen functioning instruments in the intervention group at the end of counselling and the waitlisted group after their waitlisted period. Unadjusted differences in gain scores (DGSs) between intervention and waitlisted groups were calculated with effect size (Cohen's
resultsThe intervention group (n=78) improved compared with waitlisted controls (n=80) on the SF6 measures with moderate to large effect sizes: general health (DGS 12.14,
conclusionsIndividual counselling significantly improved participants' ability to function in the intervention group compared with the waitlisted group. Further research is needed to determine whether similar positive results can be shown in other settings and further exploring the impact in male clients' population. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NTR4689.
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