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The goal of this interventional study is to compare in logotherapy-based intervention practiced to depressed patients on depression, psychological pain and meaning of life. The main questions it aims to answer are: - Is the logotherapy-based intervention practiced in addition to the standard treatment in depression patients effective in reducing the depression levels of the patients? - Is the logotherapy-based intervention practiced in addition to the standard treatment in depression patients effective in reducing the psychological pain levels of the patients? - Is the logotherapy-based intervention practiced in addition to the standard treatment in depression patients effective in increasing the patients' level of meaning to life? Participants will be done online interview once a week for eight sessions. Researchers will compare intervention and control groups to see if logotherapy-based intervention practiced effect depression, psychological pain and meaning of life levels.


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The research was conducted to examine the effect of logotherapy-based intervention practiced to depressed patients on depression, psychological pain and meaning of life. The research is in a quasi-experimental research design with pre-test post-test follow-up measurement, control group. Sample selection was carried out in two stages, and in the first stage, 48 patients diagnosed with depression between September 2020 and September 2022 were referred to the researcher by the polyclinic physician. The patients were evaluated within the scope of the inclusion criteria of the study, and 32 patients with a diagnosis of depression, aged 18-65 years, voluntarily aged between 18-65, who scored 17 points or more from the Beck Depression Inventory, were accepted into the study. Patients were assigned to intervention and control groups, respectively. A total of 28 patients, 12 intervention and 16 control groups, completed the study. "Descriptive Information Form", "Beck Depression Inventory", "Psychache Scale" and "Meaning of Life Questionnaire" were used as data collection tools in the study. Online logotherapy-based intervention was administered to the individuals in the intervention group as a total of eight sessions, once a week. In order to evaluate the effect of logotherapy-based intervention, Beck Depression Inventory, Psychache Scaleand Meaning of Life Questionnaire were administered to all individuals in the sample group at time series points (pretest, posttest, follow-up test at 3rd month). In the analysis of the data, descriptive statistics, independent t-test, chi-square analysis, analysis of variance in repeated measurements, Bonferroni correction were applied. ;


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NCT number NCT05702736
Study type Interventional
Source Ege University
Contact
Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date March 4, 2020
Completion date September 4, 2022

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