Guided self-help to reduce psychological distress in South Sudanese female refugees in Uganda: a cluster randomised trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Innovative solutions are required to provide mental health support at scale in low-resource humanitarian contexts. We aimed to assess the effectiveness of a facilitator-guided, group-based, self-help intervention (Self-Help Plus) to reduce psychological distress in female refugees.

Methods

We did a cluster randomised trial in rural refugee settlements in northern Uganda. Participants were female South Sudanese refugees with at least moderate levels of psychological distress (cutoff ≥5 on the Kessler 6). The intervention comprised access to usual care and five 2-h audio-recorded stress-management workshops (20-30 refugees) led by briefly trained lay facilitators, accompanied by an illustrated self-help book. Villages were randomly assigned to either intervention (S

SUBMITTER: Tol WA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9899129 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature