Mental health and psychosocial wellbeing Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
This study uses a two-level cluster randomized controlled trial design with person-level outcomes and treatment delivered at the cluster level. It will be a two-arm study. The allocation fraction will
Sponsors
University of Rwanda
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: According to target categories in sociotherapy program, the selected respondents will either be a genocide survivor, perpetrator, bystanders, their descendants, and leaders in districts where sociotherapy is being implemented. The evaluation will include both male and female respondents and respondents of all ages above 18 years old.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Everyone who is recruited by the sociotherapist for eventual participation is eligible unless they are unable to communicate. In addition, those who have gone through Community-Based Sociotherapy in previous programs will not be eligible.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Social dignity as measured by a total score of Social Dignity Scale before and after the CBS intervention (baseline and 15 weeks) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Measured before and after the CBS intervention (baseline and 15 weeks): 1. Sociodemographic characteristics measured using a sociodemographic questionnaire 2. Personal wellbeing measured using the WHO (Five) Well-Being Index 3. Perceived social support measured using the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support 4. Traumatic events measured using the Life Events Trauma Questionnaire 5. PTSD symptoms measured using the PTSD CheckList for DSM-5 6. Mental disorders measured using the Self-reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20) 7. RECONCILIATION measured using a self-designed reconciliation scale | — |
Countries
Rwanda
Outcome results
None listed