Improving ubuntu way of living, mental health, mental well-being, social capital, resilience and reducing intimate partner violence and psychosomatic symptoms Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
The CBSH model includes breath-centered mind-body practices, collective narratives in a safe place, and rituals. These sessions are provided by Community Healing Assistants (CHAs) who are recruited co
Sponsors
University of Rwanda
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. 18 years and older 2. Recruited by the Community Healing Assistants 3. Residing in Kirehe district during the study period
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Candidates who are unable to communicate, with hearing and speech disability with no translator 2. Candidates who are mentally and intellectually incapacitated and are unable to understand and respond to the questions 3. People who have already participated in CBSH intervention or similar
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Ubuntu is measured using Ubuntu measurement scale developed by Itayi Mutsonziwa's yet-to-be-published PhD thesis and the Ubuntu scale by Terblanche-Greeff and Nel for convergent validity. Ubuntu will be measured at baseline data collection (before the intervention), endline 1(after 15 weeks of intervention) and at endline 2 (after 12 months of the intervention). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Measured at baseline data collection (before the intervention), endline 1 (after 15 weeks of intervention) and at endline 2 (after 12 months of the intervention): 1. Socio-demographic characteristics measured using the sociodemographic questionnaire (age, sex, marital status, profession and location) 2. Mental health assessed using: 2.1. The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) for depression 2.2. The Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) assessment for anxiety 2.3. The Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) for posttraumatic stress disorder 3. Mental wellbeing assessed using the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWS) 4. Social capital measured using the Adapted Social Capital Assessment Tool (SASCAT) 5. Resilience assessed using the 10 items Connor-Davidson Resilience scale (CD-RISK-10) 6. Intimate partner violence assessed using the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale short form (CTS2S SHORT FORM) 7. Psychosomatic symptoms assessed using the Patient Health Questionnaire 15-item Somatic Symptom Severity Scale (PHQ-15) | — |
Countries
Rwanda
Contacts
Public ContactJansen Stefan
Outcome results
None listed