Testing Low-cost Learning Through Play (LTP) Plus Parenting Intervention for Depressed Fathers (LTP Plus Dads) A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)
Testing Low-cost Learning Through Play (LTP) Plus Parenting Intervention for Depressed Fathers (LTP Plus Dads) A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)
The aim of the study is to evaluate the clinical and cost effectiveness of culturally adapted group parenting intervention delivered by non-specialists and community health workers for depressed fathers.
Most research on the association between parental depression and child outcomes has focused mainly on mothers. However, studies suggest that the relationship between parental depression and child outcome is not necessarily limited to mothers.
The study has two phases quantitative and qualitative:
Purpose of this quantitative phase is to determine if the LTP plus programme delivered by non-specialists and community health workers reduces symptoms of paternal depression and improves child development compared to treatment as usual.
In the qualitative part of the study focus groups and in-depth digitally recorded interviews will be conducted with participants by trained research staff at two-time points both before and after the intervention. These focus groups and in-depth interviews will continue till the data saturation is achieved. In addition, Participants who refused to participate in the trial will be asked if they would be willing to be contacted by a researcher to discuss their reasons for not taking part. Moreover, in-depth digitally-recorded interviews with stakeholders (grandparents, therapists, health professionals, etc) will also be conducted by trained researchers.
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