Spiritual Intervention for Persons With Depression

Depression Clinical Trial

Official title: Effect of a Community-oriented Spiritual Intervention Programme in Persons With Depression: a Randomized Wait-list Control Trial

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Mental health is an integral part of health and depression has become a common and serious mental disorder. The research study aims to explore the effectiveness of spiritual intervention in persons with depression.

Clinical Trial Description

This study aims to develop a community-oriented spiritual intervention programme that focuses on connectedness and to explore its effectiveness in persons with depression.

Objectives:

1. To evaluate the effect of this spiritual intervention on reducing depressive symptoms.

2. To evaluate the effect of spiritual intervention on enhancing hope, meaning in life, self-esteem, and social support.

3. To examine the moderatioon effect of demographic variables on the intervention effect in reducing the depressive and anxiety symptoms, and ennhancing hope, meaning in life, self-esteem, and social support.

4. To examine participant's perspectives on the healing mechanisms of the intervention.

The study is conducted as a randomized-controlled trial using a wait-list control group for comparison. The wait-list control group will receive the intervention after the completion of the post-questionnaire.

The intervention is an 8 session weekly programme. Each weekly session is around 2 hours in length and the content is as below:

1. Spirituality, mental health and depression

2. Connectedness

3. Forgiving and freedom

4. Suffering and transcendence

5. Hope

6. Gratitude

7. Relapse prevention and spiritual growth

8. Wrap-up and celebration ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Depression
• Depressive Disorder

• NCT number: NCT04631900
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: City University of Hong Kong
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 27, 2021
• Completion date: March 28, 2023