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. 2023 Oct 24;2023(10):CD014722. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD014722.pub2

ISRCTN14396374.

Study name Adapting DIALOG+ and building capacity in schools to support mental well‐being and resilience in post‐conflict Colombia during the COVID‐19 pandemic
Methods Study design: RCT
Country: Colombia
Participants Adolescent students (aged 12‐18 years)
Inclusion criteria:
a. Mental Health Survey: adolescents (aged 12‐18 years) in eight public schools who are willing to participate and whose parents provide informed consent;
b. DIALOG+ Adaptation: adolescents (aged 12‐18 years) who request advice from a teacher or school counsellor.
Exclusion criteria:
unwilling or unable to provide informed consent or assent
Stated purpose: to build capacity in school mental health and to adapt an intervention called DIALOG+ for use in adolescents in post‐ conflict Colombia during the COVID‐19 pandemic
Interventions Intervention:
DIALOG+ Adaptation
8 teachers/40 adolescents; to have twice‐monthly DIALOG+ meetings for 6 months
Control:
Usual care control group (4 teachers/20 adolescents; meetings as requested, without DIALOG)
Outcomes Participants'outcomes of interest for this review
  1. Mental health symptoms/distress/PTSD – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL)

  2. Mental health symptoms/depression – Patient Health Questionnaire‐8 (PHQ‐8)

  3. Mental health symptoms/anxiety – Generalized Anxiety Disorder‐7 (GAD‐7)

  4. Quality of life – Manchester Short assessment (MANSA)

  5. Social outcomes – Objective Social Outcomes Index (SIX)


Economic outcomes
Nil
Time points: baseline, post‐intervention (6 months)
Starting date 15 April 2021 (first enrolment)
Contact information Francois van Loggerenberg, f.vanloggerenberg@qmul.ac.uk
Notes Source of funding: Newton Fund, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MInCiencias)
Prospective trial registration number: ISRCTN14396374