NCT07527312Completed
Effectiveness of Behavioral Activation Group Therapy for Patients With Depression at the Community in Thanh Hoa
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 17 Apr 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study aimed to evaluate whether the 8-week BA group therapy delivered at commune health stations (CHSs) improves depressive symptom severity, psychological distress, behavioral activation, resilient coping, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) compared with control care, from post-intervention through 9 months of follow-up, and whether effects vary across follow-up time points. By using a cluster-randomized trial design in routine CHS settings with supervised delivery by trained commune health staff, this study addresses an important evidence gap on scalable, community-based depression care in Vietnam. The investigators further reasoned that brief, structured psychological interventions that can be implemented within primary care services may help expand access to evidence-based depression care where specialist resources are limited.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 242 (actual)
- First submitted
- 7 Apr 2026
- Start date
- 1 Aug 2024
- Primary completion date
- 30 Oct 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Hanoi Medical University
- Diseases
- Depression
- NCT number
- NCT07527312
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 242
- From 1 Aug 2024 to the primary completion date, 30 Oct 2025
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- Exclusion criteria included severe physical illness, severe mental disorders, substance use disorders, epilepsy, dementia, intellectual disability, physical disabilities, psychotic symptoms (e.g., paranoia or hallucinations), or severe suicidal ideation requiring urgent referral.
Who the study is looking for
- Eligible participants were adults aged 18-65 years in six participating communes (Quang Trach, Quang Hop, Quang Truong, Quang Duc, Quang Giao, Quang Loc) and having PHQ-9 scores ≥10 at CHS screening.
Age in the registry: 18 years to 65 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanoi Medical University Thanh Hoa Branch Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Thanh Hóa | Vietnam | Unknown status |
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