Contextualization and Digitalization of WHO's Mental Health Action Gap Intervention Guide Substance Use Disorders Module

NCT07386574 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 300

Last updated 2026-05-01

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Summary

The aim of study is to:

1. To contextualize, adapt, customize and digitalize WHO's Mental Health Gap Action Programme Intervention Guide (e-mhGAP-IG); Substance Use Disorders Module (SUD module) V 2.0 for primary care settings (PCPs) in Pakistan.
2. To test the feasibility and acceotability of the e-mhGAP-IG (SUD module) training program in a feasibility cluster randomized controlled (cRCT) trial to enable mental health services in primary health care settings in Pakistan.

The proposed study includes contextualization, adaptation, customization, and a feasibility cRCT of e-mhGAP-IG (SUD module) V 2.0 by constituting a combination of traditional and technological approaches of eHealth (mHealth, blended learning, and telemedicine) enabling mental health services in primary care settings to be well informed and accessible. This intervention will empower 300 Primary Care Physicians (PCPs) based in Primary Care Units (PCUs) from urban settlements and Basic Health Units (BHUs) from rural settlements in three major cities, Karachi, Lahore, and Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

Conditions

  • Substance Use Disorder (SUD)

Interventions

OTHER

mhGap IG SUD Module Intervention Training

8 bi-weekly training sessions of e-mhGAP IG SUD Module

OTHER

Control

Routine practices or standard of care

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Capaital University of Sceince of Technology

    collaborator UNKNOWN
  • Pakistan Institute of Living and Learning

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-01-01
Primary Completion
2026-03-15
Completion
2026-06-30

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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