Yusoff 2015.
| Study characteristics | |
| Methods |
Study design: RCT Duration of study: the study was published in 2014. Country: Malaysia Income classification: upper‐middle‐income country from 1992 Geographical scope: not specified Healthcare setting: university (medical school) |
| Participants | 1. Age: not specified (adults) 2. Gender: both 3. Socioeconomic background: not specified 4. Educational background: medical students from each year of study (mainly in first academic year accepted) Inclusion criteria: a. medical students from each year of study; b. attend a 3‐h briefing session on the study protocol; c. signed informed consent form. Exclusion criteria: no exclusion criteria. Note: at baseline, the intervention and control group scores for Beck’s Depression Inventory (BDI) were, respectively, 5.55 (4.98) and 4.56 (4.66). Stated purpose: to evaluate the effectiveness of a DEAL‐based based intervention on medical students' depression symptoms, coping strategies, and perceived stressors |
| Interventions |
Name: DEAL‐based intervention Title/name of PW and number: medical teachers 1. Selection: not specified 2. Educational background: not specified 3. Training: it did not require any special training. 4. Supervision: not specified 5. Incentives/remuneration: not specified Prevention type: universal prevention – all participants were eligible for inclusion, and their baseline scores for the BDI were well below the cut‐off for the measure. Intervention details: the intervention is a 4‐hour educational workshop based on the DEAL model. It comprises four sections; the first section focuses on an introduction to the workshop and delivering information about stress, stressors, and coping strategies that are relevant to medical students (Section 1.0); the second section focuses on the practical aspects of self‐evaluation‐related stress, stressors and coping strategies (Section 2.0); the third section focuses on group work on dealing with stressful situations based on video clips (Section 3.0); the fourth section focuses on sharing experience, feedback, and conclusion about the whole activities (Section 4.0). Participants completed the intervention within 240 minutes (4 hours) over a half‐day. Control: waiting list |
| Outcomes |
Participants’outcomes of interest for this review
Carers’ outcomes of interest for this review Nil Economic outcomes Nil Time points: baseline, post‐intervention (< 1 month, 1‐6 months, 7‐24 months) |
| Notes |
Source of funding: University Sains Malaysia funding this study under the Research University Grant 1001/PPSP/812086 Notes on validation of instruments (screening and outcomes): BDI has been validated across regions, and the reliability coefficients (Cronbach’s alpha) have ranged from 0.76 to 0.95, with a mean of 0.86. Its uses have been validated in a nonpsychiatric sample. The measurement tool has been validated by previous studies in the Malaysian context. Additional information: additional dataset available after request to the corresponding author Handling the data: none Prospective trial registration number: not available |