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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-Based Group Counseling

NCT04192721 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 63

Last updated 2019-12-10

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Summary

The university environment presents a valuable opportunity to reach the young population of society, which has a high risk of depression, and to provide protective mental-health services. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy-based group counseling focused on the depressive symptoms, anxiety levels, automatic thoughts, and coping ways among undergraduate nursing students with mild to moderate depressive symptoms.

Conditions

  • Depression Moderate
  • Depression Mild

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-Based Group Counseling

* Relaxation techniques * Providing personal development books * Sharing the factors affecting the situation defined as depression (brainstorming) * Explaining the link between depressive symptoms, thoughts, feelings, and behaviors * Explaining automatic thoughts * Application of relaxation techniques; deep-breathing exercises * Identifying alternative thoughts * Explaining the correlation between alternative thoughts and mood * Introduction of the Automatic-Thought Registration Form and distribution to students * Describing the effects of depression on social interaction * Explaining activities that could be done individually and with the group * Distribution of the activity list to students * Description of ways of coping with stress * Determination of individual stressors and their effects * Planning for the future: preventing depression * Discussion of assumptions/expectations about life * Homeworks related to session contents

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Gazi University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Satı Demir, PhD · Gazi University Health Sciences Faculty, Ankara, Turkey

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
25 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-11-01
Primary Completion
2017-12-29
Completion
2018-02-23

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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