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Can incorporating person-centered cultural assessments into psychiatric diagnostic evaluation affect the prevalence of anxiety and depression diagnoses?

Evaluating the Cultural Formulation Interview in DSM-5. A randomized controlled trial.

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN51527289
Enrollment
300
Registered
2019-07-30
Start date
2015-08-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-08-28

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation Not Applicable

Interventions

The intervention group is interviewed with core Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) in DSM-5 in addition to the standard psychiatric diagnostic procedure, which besides the CFI is the same for both
the assessment tool MINI (The Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview)
CGI (Clinical Global Impression)
and three web-based self-report screening tools, AUDIT-C (Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Scale), PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire) and ASRS (Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale). The CFI was also use

Sponsors

Karolinska University Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. New patients who have not been in contact with psychiatric care at Järva Psychiatric clinic for the preceding two years. 2. Aged 18-64.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Suicidal risk. 2. Inability to take a conscious decision (e.g. impaired cognition or psychosis). 3. Need for acute treatment.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The diagnostic advantage measured using the difference or ratio in the prevalence of the diagnoses of depression (F32.0-F39.0) and anxiety (F41.0-F41.9) after the completion of the diagnostic procedure

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. The prevalence of depression diagnoses (F32.0-F39.0) and anxiety diagnoses (F41.0-F41.9) after the end of the diagnostic procedure in patients with “Swedish as mother tongue” and those with a “non-Swedish mother tongue”

Countries

Sweden

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 19, 2026