Singh Archana, Srivastava Shrikant, Singh Bhupendra
Department of Geriatric Mental Health, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Jul 30;9(7):3299-3303. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_311_20. eCollection 2020 Jul.
This is the PhD thesis protocol of an ongoing study entitled 'Effect of Psychoeducation on short- term outcome in patients with Late Life Depression: A Randomized Control Trial'. Psychoeducation is a proof-based therapeutic intervention for patients and their caretakers/family members that provides plenty of information and support for better understanding and coping up with the illness, which is being diagnosed.
The aim is to examine the effect of psychoeducation on short- term outcome in patients with late life depression.
The hypothesis is that psychoeducation will improve outcome in patients with late life depression at 4 weeks. The sample size is 154.
The methodology is that patients aged 60 years and above coming to Out Patient Department (OPD) of the Department of Geriatric Mental Health, King George's Medical University and having the first episode of depression, which has been clinically diagnosed, will be taken. Then, Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) 6.0.0 will be applied for the confirmation of diagnosis. After confirmation, Hindi Mental Status Examination (HMSE) will be done to know the cognitive status, those scoring 24 and above on HMSE will be included in the study. The included patients will be evaluated on Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D), Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) and Knowledge Attitude Experience (KAE) Questionnaire. Next, the patients will be randomized in case group and control group. Case group will be given intervention of 'psychoeducation' through a video, and control group will be given 'placebo' through a video. For both the groups, the first follow up termed as 'booster session' will be at 2 weeks +/- 4 days from the baseline and second follow up will be at 4 weeks +/- 4 days from the baseline.
Data will be recorded on the spreadsheet and the results will be analyzed using the statistical software.
这是一项正在进行的研究的博士论文方案，该研究名为“心理教育对老年抑郁症患者短期预后的影响：一项随机对照试验”。心理教育是一种针对患者及其护理人员/家庭成员的循证治疗干预措施，它为更好地理解和应对所诊断的疾病提供大量信息和支持。
旨在研究心理教育对老年抑郁症患者短期预后的影响。
假设心理教育将改善老年抑郁症患者在4周时的预后。样本量为154。
方法是选取年龄在60岁及以上、前往乔治国王医科大学老年心理健康科门诊且首次出现临床诊断为抑郁症的患者。然后，应用迷你国际神经精神访谈量表（MINI）6.0.0进行诊断确认。确认后，进行印地语精神状态检查（HMSE）以了解认知状况，HMSE得分24分及以上的患者将纳入研究。纳入的患者将接受汉密尔顿抑郁量表（HAM-D）、老年抑郁量表（GDS）和知识态度经验（KAE）问卷评估。接下来，将患者随机分为病例组和对照组。病例组将通过视频接受“心理教育”干预，对照组将通过视频接受“安慰剂”干预。对于两组，第一次随访称为“强化治疗”，将在基线后2周±4天进行，第二次随访将在基线后4周±4天进行。
数据将记录在电子表格上，并使用统计软件进行结果分析。
