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Effects of an Educational Program on Depression Literacy and Stigma Among Secondary School Students in Jazan City

NCT ID: NCT02663180

Last Updated: 2020-10-28

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

360 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-01-31

Study Completion Date

2016-04-30

Brief Summary

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Depression is a serious mental health disease. It is generally characterized by sadness, loss of interest in activities, and decreased energy. Globally, it is estimated that almost 350 million people suffer from depression. In Saudi Arabia, literature suggested that prevalence of depression among boy's secondary school students in Abha city was 38.2%. Another study found that the prevalence of depression was 22.4 % as moderate, 7.3 % as severe and 3.7% as very severe, with a clear predominance prevalence of depression in girls as in boys (1.5 times). It is important to assess depression literacy including knowledge and beliefs about mental disorders among adolescent. A high level of mental health literacy on depression leads to a better understanding and outcomes of depressive disorders. Schools are a typical venue in which to embed mental health literacy because the school students are more familiar with educational activities. Studies concluded that educational intervention about depression literacy and destigmatization improves knowledge and may decrease stigma. Further research, intervention and activism are needed in the field of mental health in Arab countries to improve awareness of mental health problems.

Objectives: This study is aimed to measure the effect of educational intervention program about depression among secondary schools in Jazan city on depression literacy and stigma during the academic year 2015-2016.

The intervention: the intervention will held at each selected intervention school separately. The program will be over 2 weeks intervention as the following:

* Educational strategies: 2 Lecture about depression 30 minutes supported by group discussion, brochures and display of posters with mental-health slogans on depression in the schools.
* Contact strategies: the investigators will show a video of a young male who had been diagnosed (i.e., not an actor) with depression.

Benefits:

\* The intervention group will join educational intervention program they expected to benefit from the program through increase their depression literacy and improve depression stigma, and control group will not join any form of intervention.

Risk: There is no expected risk for participating in the study.

Consent: Three Informed Consents forms will be signed from students, guardians and school manager.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Depression Literacy Depression Stigma

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Intervention group

they will be enrolled in an educational program and video contact.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Educational program

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Educational strategies: 2 Lecture about depression 30 minutes supported by group discussion, brochures and display of posters with mental-health slogans on depression in the schools.

Video contact

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Contact strategies: Investigators will show a video of a young male who had been diagnosed with depression. The video presented information that was moderately disconfirming of prior stereotypes by balancing the individual's difficulties resulting from Depression, with his ability to live a normal life.

Control group

No intervention

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Educational program

Educational strategies: 2 Lecture about depression 30 minutes supported by group discussion, brochures and display of posters with mental-health slogans on depression in the schools.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Video contact

Contact strategies: Investigators will show a video of a young male who had been diagnosed with depression. The video presented information that was moderately disconfirming of prior stereotypes by balancing the individual's difficulties resulting from Depression, with his ability to live a normal life.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Students needed to be enrolled in one of the selected schools during the academic year 2015-2016.
* Must be in the age group 10-19 years.
* Must agree to participate in the study (consent was obtained from the students,and proxy consent was obtained from guardians).
Minimum Eligible Age

10 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

19 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Saudi Board of Community Medicine

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Jazan

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Hussain Darraj

Community Medicine physician

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Jazan Education Sector

Jizan, , Saudi Arabia

Site Status

Countries

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Saudi Arabia

Other Identifiers

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U1111-1179-1857

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id