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The study is a feasibility trial with a pre and post-experiment design in Karachi, Pakistan's most populous city. The intervention comprises of twelve sessions of learning through play (LTP) plus during the three month period.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| LTP Plus Dads | Experimental | Participants in this group will receive 10 sessions of LTP plus dads |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| LTP Plus Dads | Behavioral |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Intervention feasibility | Intervention feasibility tested by collating data on recruitment and retention rates. The success criterion of feasibility is to recruit > 50% of eligible fathers | Baseline to 3rd month |
| Intervention acceptability | Intervention acceptability assessed using data on attendance. Criterion for acceptability is a mean attendance rate of >70% of at least 5 sessions. | Baseline to 3rd month |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Change in severity of symptoms measured using Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (Hamilton, 1960) | It is the most widely used clinician-administered depression assessment on a 3-point or 5-point Likert-type scale. Scoring is based on the 17-item scale and scores of 0-7 are considered as being normal, 8-16 suggest mild depression, 17-23 moderate depression and scores over 24 are indicative of severe depression; the maximum score being 52 on the 17-point scale |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Depressed Fathers of children 0-30 months
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| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 33419080 | Derived | Husain MI, Chaudhry IB, Khoso AB, Wan MW, Kiran T, Shiri T, Chaudhry N, Mehmood N, Jafri SF, Naeem F, Husain N. A Group Parenting Intervention for Depressed Fathers (LTP + Dads): A Feasibility Study from Pakistan. Children (Basel). 2021 Jan 6;8(1):26. doi: 10.3390/children8010026. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D003863 | Depression |
| ID | Term |
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| D001526 | Behavioral Symptoms |
| D001519 | Behavior |
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| ID | Term |
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| D017774 | Long-Term Potentiation |
| C025953 | amsonic acid |
| ID | Term |
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| D009473 | Neuronal Plasticity |
| D009424 | Nervous System Physiological Phenomena |
| D055687 | Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena |
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This integrated intervention is called LTP Plus Dads consisting of 10 group sessions delivered weekly by trained professionals who received weekly supervision by LTP Plus master trainers.
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Researchers doing outcome assessments
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| Changes in severity of symptoms from baseline to 3rd month |
| Changes in severity of symptoms measured using Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS; Cox et al. 1987), | A widely used 10-item measure of postnatal depression that has been used with fathers in the postnatal period. The higher score shows high severity of depression. | Changes in severity of symptoms from baseline to 3rd month |