The Effect of Logotherapy-Based Intervention on Depression Patients on Depression, Psychological Pain, and Meaning of Life: Follow-Up Study With Control Group
Phase: NA
Conditions: Depression
Sponsor: Ege University

The Effect of Logotherapy-Based Intervention on Depression Patients on Depression, 
Psychological Pain and Meaning of Life 
NCT Number: NCT05702736 
Document Date: 2023-08-11 
Approved by a Human Subjects Protection Review Board Date: 2020-03-04 
 
Objectives: This study aimed to reduce the depressive symptoms and psychological pain levels 
of the patients and to increase their level of finding meaning in life with the logotherapy 
intervention applied to patients diagnosed with depression. 
Design and Methods: A quasi-experimental pre-test, post-test and follow-up test, control 
group study was conducted. The sample group consisted of depressed patients in a psychiatry 
department in Izmir. The data were collected for both intervention and control groups in three 
different time periods: pre-test, post-test and 3-month follow-up. Sixteen of the 48 patients 
included in the study were excluded because they did not meet the inclusion criteria. The 
remaining 32 patients were divided into intervention (n = 16) and control group (n = 16). Two 
patients in the intervention group were excluded for unwilling and two patients were excluded 
because they could not complete the interviews. As a result, the study was completed with a 
total of 28 participants, 12 in the intervention group and 16 in the control group. Data collection 
was conducted simultaneously for the intervention and control groups. Intervention and control 
groups were contacted by phone for pre-test, post-test (after 8 weeks) and follow-up test (after 
3 months) data.