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The Impact of Lifestyle on Mental Health Among Young Men in the Gilgel Gibe Field Research Center, Ethiopia: Pilot Study

NCT02615652 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 865

Last updated 2017-05-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Researchers of the three collaborating universities implement a pilot observational study in "Gilgel Gibe Field Research Center", a health and demographic surveillance system run by the Jimma University, Ethiopia. In this setting, the investigators plan to study risk factors in young men for the development of common mental disorders and psychotic symptoms and the stability of distinct symptoms of mental disorders in the community. The investigators will explore in particular the impact of lifestyle on mental health in young men, including the traditional habit of chewing khat leaves, which contain amphetamine-like cathinone. Furthermore, the investigators want to demonstrate the reliability and validity of assessments performed by trained local interviewers.

Conditions

  • Common Mental Disorders (CMD)
  • Psychotic Symptoms

Interventions

OTHER

no intervention

no intervention, observational study

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Jimma University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Konstanz

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
30 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-12-31
Primary Completion
2016-01-31
Completion
2016-07-31

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