Studying the impact of digitally driven training of primary healthcare workers

Conditions

Health Condition 1: F01-F99- Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders

Hegde PR, Paul M, Subramaniyan SS, Sabhahit GG, Patley R, Das N, Parthasarathy R, Manjunatha N, Kumar CN, Math SB, Thirthalli J.

2025-12-04

10.1177/02537176251397869

An Effectiveness-implementation Hybrid Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate Add-on Online Mental Health Training for Primary Care Doctors in Influencing Their Management of Commonly Prevalent Psychiatric Disorders: Description of the Methodology.

Sabhahit GG, Das N, Ramachandraiah R, Hegde PR, Patley R, Parthasarathy R, Manjunatha N, Kumar CN, Math SB.

2025-12-02

10.1177/02537176251397152

Diagnostic and Treatment Concordance Among Primary Care Doctors Delivering Mental Health Care: Results from an Effectiveness-implementation Hybrid Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of an "Add-on Online Mental Health Training".

Jayashri S, Sabbella C, Singh S, Shah H, Joshi S, Samrudhi V, Ramachandraiah R, Sabhahit GG, Subramanian SS, Kishore S, Kulal N, Komala Ty, Hegde PR, Patley R, Nirisha Pl, Manjunatha N, Kumar CN, Math SB.

2025-11-28

10.1177/02537176251393412

Short-term Clinical Outcomes and Implementation Insights: A Hybrid Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of an "Add-On Online Mental Health Training" for Primary Care Doctors.

Sabbella C, Ramachandraiah R, Singh S, Sundaramoorthy J, Shah H, Joshi S, Samruddhi V, Subramanian SS, Sabhahit GG, Kishore S, Kulal N, Komala Ty, Hegde PR, Patley R, Lakshmi Nirisha P, Parthasarathy R, Manjunatha N, Kumar CN, Math SB.

2025-11-28

10.1177/02537176251399045

Interventions

Intervention1: Online mental health training (OMHT) program: Receives training for 6 weeks as per OMHT which consists of 6 sessions of 2 hours each in which the modules cover common mental disorders,

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Participants including Primary Healthcare Professionals, patients, caregivers, trainers, and organizers, who have provided written informed consent before participating in the study. 2. Patients and caregivers linked to PHPs participating in the study: Individuals who have received or are receiving mental health care services from PHPs trained by Goldman Sachs NIMHANS Mental Health Program. 3. Trainers and organizers who have been part of organizing or conducting the training in the Goldman Sachs NIMHANS Mental Health Program. 4. Primary Healthcare Professionals (PHPs) who have undergone or completed the NIMHANS training program: Doctors, nurses, field-level workers, including Non-Specialist MBBS Medical officers, AYUSH Medical Officers, Nursing professionals, ANMs, ASHA workers, Rural Health Officers (RHO), and Rural Medical Assistant (RMA). 5. Patients with all psychiatric diagnosis were included except those with Dementia, cognitive impairment, and other co-morbidities/disabilities contributing towards the mental health issues.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1.1. Participants, including Primary Healthcare Professionals, patients, caregivers, trainers, and organizers, who refused to provide written informed consent before participating in the study. 2. Patients and Caregivers not linked to PHPs participating in the study: - Individuals who have not received mental health care services from PHPs trained by Goldman Sachs NIMHANS Mental Health Program. 3. Trainers and Organizers not associated with organizing or conducting of the Goldman Sachs NIMHANS Mental Health Program. 4. Primary Healthcare Professionals (PHPs) who have not undergone the NIMHANS training program 5. Patients with Dementia, cognitive impairment, and other co-morbidities/disabilities contributing towards the mental health issues.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Patient-reported outcome measures : a)Patient satisfaction (Likert scale) b)Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) c)Symptomatic measure (PHQ-9) d)Quality of life measures (WHO-QoL BREF) e)Disability assessment (WHO-DAS 2.0 -12 Item) f)Clinical Global Impression - Bipolar Scale (CGI-BP) g)Clinical Global Impression - Schizophrenia Scale (CGI-SCH) h)Alcohol Timeline Followback Method (TLFB)Timepoint: baseline and 8 weeks	—

Measure

Time frame

Patient-reported outcome measures : a)Patient satisfaction (Likert scale) b)Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) c)Symptomatic measure (PHQ-9) d)Quality of life measures (WHO-QoL BREF) e)Disability assessment (WHO-DAS 2.0 -12 Item) f)Clinical Global Impression - Bipolar Scale (CGI-BP) g)Clinical Global Impression - Schizophrenia Scale (CGI-SCH) h)Alcohol Timeline Followback Method (TLFB)Timepoint: baseline and 8 weeks

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Assessor rated measures a)Diagnostic concordance with the assessor b)Treatment concordance with the assessor c)Concordance in the follow-up plan with the assessorTimepoint: baseline;Generic in-built measures: a) Number of interviews done and psychiatric diagnoses made (in a log book) in 8 weeks b) Number of referrals made and treatments prescribed in 8 weeks c) Number of CVCs conducted in 8 weeks Timepoint: 8 weeks;a)Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices(KAP) Score b)Monthly report forms - PCP Quotient, and TQ quotientTimepoint: a)Baseline and 8 weeks b)For four month, a month before and monthly after training for 3 months;Focused Group Discussions(FGDs)Timepoint: After the training period, i.e 8 weeks.	—

Measure

Time frame

Assessor rated measures a)Diagnostic concordance with the assessor b)Treatment concordance with the assessor c)Concordance in the follow-up plan with the assessorTimepoint: baseline;Generic in-built measures: a) Number of interviews done and psychiatric diagnoses made (in a log book) in 8 weeks b) Number of referrals made and treatments prescribed in 8 weeks c) Number of CVCs conducted in 8 weeks Timepoint: 8 weeks;a)Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices(KAP) Score b)Monthly report forms - PCP Quotient, and TQ quotientTimepoint: a)Baseline and 8 weeks b)For four month, a month before and monthly after training for 3 months;Focused Group Discussions(FGDs)Timepoint: After the training period, i.e 8 weeks.

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Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactChannaveerachari Naveen Kumar

National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS)

cnkumar1974@gmail.com919448504903

Outcome results

None listed