Gottman Couple Therapy Program in Treatment of Depressed Female Partners | NCT07748845

NCT07748845

Overview

NCT ID: NCT07748845
Lead Sponsor: Tanta UniversityOTHER
Official Title: A Study on Gottman Couple Therapy Program in Treatment of Depressed Female Partners
Brief Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of Gottman couple therapy program targeted for discordant couples struggling with the negative impact of depression of the female partner and compare between the outcome in case of usual treatment of depression and the outcome with applying Gottman program added to the usual treatment of depression in the female partner.
Conditions: Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
Female
Interventions

Ages Eligible for Study: Adult (18-64)
Sexes Eligible for Study: Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No
Eligibility Criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

Age of partners: between 20 and 60 years

Married for at least 1 year.

Female partners meet the diagnostic criteria for major depressive disorder with a score of Hamilton Depression Rating Scale above 7

Discordant couples, as indicated by a score of 45 or lower on ENRICH Marital Satisfaction Scale.

Commitment to participate in the therapy sessions.

Exclusion Criteria:

Male partners who meet the diagnostic criteria for a depressive disorder.

Co-morbid psychiatric illness for any partner

Couples if one or both disclosed an act of infidelity or more than two acts of physical aggression in the preceding 3 months.

Couples on the verge of divorce

Co-morbid serious medical or neurological disorder (stroke, epilepsy, traumatic brain injury, ..etc)

Participant Group/Arms

Group 1: receive Gottman couple therapy programExperimental

Group 1: receive Gottman couple therapy program with their partners, in addition to the usual treatment of depression

Other: Gottman couple therapy

Group 2: undergo treatment as usual for depression.Placebo Comparator

Group 2: will undergo treatment as usual for depression.

Other: treatment as usual for depression

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