Trial no.:
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PACTR201903612339479 |
Date of Approval:
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28/03/2019 |
Trial Status:
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Retrospective registration - This trial was registered after enrolment of the first participant |
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TRIAL DESCRIPTION |
Public title
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EFFECT OF BEHAVIORAL THERAPY ON DEPRESSION IN ADOLESCENTS WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE IN LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL IKEJA. |
Official scientific title |
EFFECT OF BEHAVIORAL THERAPY ON DEPRESSION IN ADOLESCENTS WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE IN LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL IKEJA |
Brief summary describing the background
and objectives of the trial
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Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) are a global health problem with a global high disease burden and common among those from Sub-Saharan Africa, Mediterranean countries and Saudi Arabia with more than half of the cases in Africa. As a chronic condition, some persons with SCD can suffer several life threatening physical complications and at risk of psycho-social difficulties.Depression has been identified as one of the commonest problems in SCD with a reported high prevalence. In Africa which bears the largest burden of SCD , there is lack of expertise for psychological therapies, availability and affordability is a major problem. Behavioral Activation Therapy (BAT) which is a form of behavioral therapy is less complex than other forms of therapy. This research will focus on the following objective;To determine the effect of a behavioral based therapy program (5 sessions over 5 weeks) in reducing depression scores and improving health related quality of life among adolescents in treatment group compared with a control group. It is hypothesized that there is no difference in depression scores and health related quality of life between treatment and control group post intervention. |
Type of trial |
RCT |
Acronym (If the trial has an acronym then please provide) |
EffBATD |
Disease(s) or condition(s) being studied |
Mental and Behavioural Disorders |
Sub-Disease(s) or condition(s) being studied |
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Purpose of the trial |
Treatment: Other |
Anticipated trial start date |
02/01/2017 |
Actual trial start date |
16/01/2017 |
Anticipated date of last follow up |
02/06/2017 |
Actual Last follow-up date |
25/06/2018 |
Anticipated target sample size (number of participants) |
60 |
Actual target sample size (number of participants) |
60 |
Recruitment status |
Completed |
Publication URL |
none |
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