Effectiveness of Behavioral Activation Group Therapy for Patients With Depression at the Community in Thanh Hoa

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.

NCT Number	NCT07527312
Lead Sponsor	Hanoi Medical University
Conditions	Depression - Major Depressive Disorder
Enrollment	242 participants
Start Date	2024-08-01
Primary Completion	2025-10-30 (estimated)
Study Completion	2025-11-30 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2026-04-17