Clinical trial NCT05410119: A Community-based Resilience Group Psychotherapy for Only-child Loss Parents in China
Official title: An 8-week Resilience-based Community Group Intervention Program for Parents Who Have Lost an Only Child in China
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Depression
Lead sponsor: Central South University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-06-08
Enrollment: 80
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 49
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Two communities in Changsha was selected, where principle investigators' institution located, to recruit 80 participants into intervention group and control group. Resilience therapy group was intervened by a psychotherapy developed by the researchers, which lasts 8 weeks. The themes of each week are start-up, mutual help, trust in yourself, thanksgiving feedback, care for yourself, emotional management, end-up. Measurement was conducted before the intervention, immediately after intervention, 3-month after intervention, and 12-month after intervention. A questionnaire was used during each measurement, including several scales in it, including resilience and depression.The saliva test of Dehydroepiandrosterone was also done in each measurement.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. had only one child but now passed away;
2. failed to have another children;
3. volunteered to participate;
4. the score of resilience was under 72 points indicating a lower or middle level

Exclusion Criteria:

1. in the acute bereavement period (\<6 months);
2. unable to participate in activities due to severe physical illness;
3. receiving drug treatment for mental illness;
4. receiving other psychological therapy

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change of resilience
timeFrame: Change from before intervention, immediately after intervention,3-month after intervention, to 12-month after intervention
measure: Change of depression
timeFrame: Change from before intervention, immediately after intervention,3-month after intervention, to 12-month after intervention.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change of subjective well-being
timeFrame: Change from before intervention, immediately after intervention,3-month after intervention, to 12-month after intervention.
measure: Change of social avoidance
timeFrame: Change from before intervention, immediately after intervention,3-month after intervention, to 12-month after intervention.
measure: Change of sleeping quality
timeFrame: Change from before intervention, immediately after intervention,3-month after intervention, to 12-month after intervention.
measure: Change of post traumatic growth
timeFrame: Change from before intervention, immediately after intervention,3-month after intervention, to 12-month after intervention.
measure: Change of concentration of dehydroepiandrosterone in saliva
timeFrame: Change from before intervention, immediately after intervention,3-month after intervention, to 12-month after intervention.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Changsha
country: China
facility: Central South University
state: Hunan
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