Brief Culturally Adapted Behavioral Activation Therapy for Adults With Depression in Rural Indonesian Primary Care: A Type-2 Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial

NCT07373080 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 96

Last updated 2026-01-28

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Summary

This is a type-2 hybrid effectiveness-implementation study of brief culturally adapted behavioral activation for adults with depression in primary care setting. This clinical trial has two parallel aims: 1) to understand if brief culturally adapted behavioral activation therapy delivered by psychologist in primary care in individual face-to-face session is effective to reduce depressive symptoms among adult patients in Primary Healthcare Centers and 2) to test the outcome of clinical training and supervision on acceptability, feasibility, appropriateness, and fidelity of implementation of brief culturally adapted behavioral activation therapy in Primary Healthcare Centers. The main questions it aims to answer is:

1\) Is brief culturally adapted behavioral activation intervention delivered by primary care psychologist effective in reducing depressive symptoms among adult patients with depression in primary care settings and 2) Are training and supervision effective in enhancing acceptability, feasibility, appropriateness and fidelity of implementation of brief culturally adapted behavioral activation therapy for adults with depression in primary care settings?

Conditions

  • Depression in Adults

Interventions

OTHER

Training and supervisionon BAT

Implementation strategy: Training and Supervision Training: Primary care psychologists will receive training which consists of 4-session online training of Behavioral Activation Therapy (BAT), 2-session of booster training focusing on BA principle and therapy protocol, and clinical practice with 2 participants during pilot study. Four-session online training, 1 booster session, and clinical practice with 2 participants have been delivered during pilot study phase. Supervision: Supervision will be provided during BAT implementation in two forms: 1) biweekly synchronous online supervision, starting from week 3 after the first day of recruitment and 2) asynchronous online supervision through online shared spreadsheet, available throughout BAT implementation. Participants in BAT implementation arm will receive 3 individual face-to-face sessions of Brief Culturally Adapted Behavioral Activation Therapy.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Gadjah Mada University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-02-09
Primary Completion
2026-04-04
Completion
2026-05-02

Countries

  • Indonesia

Study Locations

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