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Study aim
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Determining the effect of group education on the self-care self-efficacy of adolescents with depression referred to clinics affiliated to Shiraz University of medical sciences
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Design
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A clinical trial with a control group, parallel, with blinded data analysis, randomized by block permutation method on 96 patients.
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Settings and conduct
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This study is conducted on adolescents suffering from depression who refer to the clinics affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, including Ibn Sina and Hafez hospitals, who are diagnosed and introduced by a psychiatrist. After completing the informed consent and doing pre-test the intervention starts. The number of people in the intervention group is 48, which are divided into 6 groups of 8 people. At the end of the last session, the post-test will be done by both intervention and control groups. This study is blinded by statistical data analyzer.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Entry criteria:
Age 12-18 years
The preparation and favorable physical and mental conditions of the patient to participate.
Exit criteria:
Refusal to continue participating in the study during the study.
Presence of other accompanying psychiatric and cognitive disorders based on interview and doctor's diagnosis.
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Intervention groups
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10 sessions of group educational intervention for 90 minutes, 2 sessions per week will be presented to the intervention groups. The control group will receive routine treatment. The content includes lecture, discussion, exercises using methods such as telling stories, slides, photos and video clips.
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Main outcome variables
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The level of depression, which is measured by Beck's depression inventory, and the level of self-care self-efficacy in adolescent patients, which is measured by self-care self-efficacy inventory of Behzadi et al.