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Task Sharing Counseling Intervention by Community Health Workers for Prenatal Depression in South Africa

NCT01977326 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 4205

Last updated 2016-10-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The objective of this randomised controlled trial (RCT) is to determine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a task sharing counseling intervention for maternal depression in South Africa(i.e. provided by non-specialist health workers)

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

basic counselling by lay-health workers

6 sessions of manual based counselling by trained lay health workers

OTHER

Enhanced usual care

3 monthly phone calls by trained lay health workers (without counselling)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Cape Town

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Crick Lund, PhD · University of Cape Town

  • Ezra Susser, PhD · Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

  • Atalay Alem, PhD · Addis Ababa University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-10-31
Primary Completion
2016-06-30
Completion
2016-06-30

Countries

  • South Africa

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

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