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A Researcher-Designed Behavioural Program to Reduce Climate Change Related Stress and Daily Life Difficulties among Young Adults Visiting the Outpatient Services of a Tertiary Care Hospital in West Bengal.

Effectiveness of an Investigator Developed Behavioural Intervention for Climate Change-Related Distress and Impairment Among Young Adults attending Outpatient services of a tertiary care hospital, West Bengal: An open label randomized control trial. - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2026/02/104516
Enrollment
76
Registered
2026-02-23
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-03-02

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: An Investigator Developed Behavioural Intervention: Participants in the intervention group will receive a self-structured psychoeducation module delivered across three sessions: immedia

Sponsors

Anindita Dutta
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Young adults aged 18-25 years attending the OPD Services of a tertiary care hospital in West Bengal. 2. Young adults aged 18-25 years with DASS-21 sub-domain scores of: i. depression less than equals to 10-13, ii. anxiety less than equals to 8-9, iii. stress less than equals to 15-18. 3. Young adults aged 18-25 years who are able to provide informed consent and participate in intervention 4. Young adults aged 18-25 years whose literacy level is class 10 or above 5.Young adults aged 18-25 years who can understand Bengali, Hindi and English 6. Individuals aged 18-25 years who have not missed any OPD follow up within 6 months. 7. Individuals aged 18-25 years who is having one follow up schedule within one month of baseline assessment. 8.Participants who are having smartphone with internet connectivity

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria a) Young adults aged 18-25 years who have severe psychiatric illness (such as-schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, acute psychosis, active suicidal ideation, OCD etc.) and other neurological disorders that may preclude participation in the study. b) Young adults aged 18-25 years who have severe physical illness affecting understanding of intervention. c) Individuals who are having acute emergency visit, any schedule of surgical procedure. d) Individuals who are having exacerbation of the primary disease.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Adjustment to climate change related distress and impairmentTimepoint: At 4 weeks of session 1 of intervention

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
NILTimepoint: NIL

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactBetsy Chakraborty

All India Institute of Medical Science Kalyani

betsy.nursing@aiimskalyani.edu.in9547106258

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 14, 2026