The Effect of Logotherapy-Based Intervention on Depression Patients on Depression,Psychological Pain and Meaning of Life
Condition: Depression
MeSH terms: Depression; Depressive Disorder
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      The goal of this interventional study is to compare in logotherapy-based intervention
      practiced to depressed patients on depression, psychological pain and meaning of life. The
      main questions it aims to answer are:

        -  Is the logotherapy-based intervention practiced in addition to the standard treatment in
           depression patients effective in reducing the depression levels of the patients?

        -  Is the logotherapy-based intervention practiced in addition to the standard treatment in
           depression patients effective in reducing the psychological pain levels of the patients?

        -  Is the logotherapy-based intervention practiced in addition to the standard treatment in
           depression patients effective in increasing the patients' level of meaning to life?
           Participants will be done online interview once a week for eight sessions. Researchers
           will compare intervention and control groups to see if logotherapy-based intervention
           practiced effect depression, psychological pain and meaning of life levels.
    

Detailed description: 
      The research was conducted to examine the effect of logotherapy-based intervention practiced
      to depressed patients on depression, psychological pain and meaning of life.

      The research is in a quasi-experimental research design with pre-test post-test follow-up
      measurement, control group. Sample selection was carried out in two stages, and in the first
      stage, 48 patients diagnosed with depression between September 2020 and September 2022 were
      referred to the researcher by the polyclinic physician. The patients were evaluated within
      the scope of the inclusion criteria of the study, and 32 patients with a diagnosis of
      depression, aged 18-65 years, voluntarily aged between 18-65, who scored 17 points or more
      from the Beck Depression Inventory, were accepted into the study. Patients were assigned to
      intervention and control groups, respectively. A total of 28 patients, 12 intervention and 16
      control groups, completed the study. "Descriptive Information Form", "Beck Depression
      Inventory", "Psychache Scale" and "Meaning of Life Questionnaire" were used as data
      collection tools in the study. Online logotherapy-based intervention was administered to the
      individuals in the intervention group as a total of eight sessions, once a week. In order to
      evaluate the effect of logotherapy-based intervention, Beck Depression Inventory, Psychache
      Scaleand Meaning of Life Questionnaire were administered to all individuals in the sample
      group at time series points (pretest, posttest, follow-up test at 3rd month). In the analysis
      of the data, descriptive statistics, independent t-test, chi-square analysis, analysis of
      variance in repeated measurements, Bonferroni correction were applied.
    

Intervention name(s): logotherapy-based intervention
Intervention type(s): Behavioral
Intervention description(s): Logotherapy-based intervention was administered to the individuals in the intervention group as a total of eight sessions, once a week.
Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary purpose: Supportive Care