Outcomes of an individual counselling programme in Grozny, Chechnya: a randomised controlled study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the effectiveness of individual counselling on functioning of clients participating in a mental health intervention in a humanitarian setting.

Design

Randomised controlled trial.

Setting

Mental health programme implemented by Médecins Sans Frontières in Grozny, Republic of Chechnya.

Participants

168 eligible clients were randomly assigned to the intervention and waitlisted (2 months) arms between November 2014 and February 2015.

Intervention

Individual counselling sessions.

Main outcome measures

Change in functioning was measured using the Short Form 6 (SF6) and gender-specific locally adapted Chechen functioning instruments in the intervention group at the end of counselling and the waitlisted group after their waitlisted p

SUBMITTER: Lenglet A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6112398 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature