The Impact of Lifestyle on Mental Health Among Young Men in the Gilgel Gibe Field Research Center, Ethiopia: Pilot Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02615652

Enrollment

865

Registered

2015-11-26

Start date

2015-12-31

Completion date

2016-07-31

Last updated

2017-05-11

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Conditions

Common Mental Disorders (CMD), Psychotic Symptoms

Brief summary

Researchers of the three collaborating universities implement a pilot observational study in Gilgel Gibe Field Research Center, a health and demographic surveillance system run by the Jimma University, Ethiopia. In this setting, the investigators plan to study risk factors in young men for the development of common mental disorders and psychotic symptoms and the stability of distinct symptoms of mental disorders in the community. The investigators will explore in particular the impact of lifestyle on mental health in young men, including the traditional habit of chewing khat leaves, which contain amphetamine-like cathinone. Furthermore, the investigators want to demonstrate the reliability and validity of assessments performed by trained local interviewers.

Interventions

OTHERno intervention

no intervention, observational study

Study design

Observational model

ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

MALE

Age

18 Years to 30 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Male, Age 18 - 30, permanent residents in Gilgel Gibe

Exclusion criteria

* Prior existing severe mental health problems

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
psychotic symptoms	through study completion, within 2 months	presence of self-reported psychotic symptoms during the month before interview
symptoms of Common Mental Disorders	through study completion, within 2 months	presence of self-reported CMD symptoms during the month before interview

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
amount of khat use	through study completion, within 2 months	self-reported amount of khat standard units consumed last week
amount of alcohol use	through study completion, within 2 months	self-reported amount of alcohol standard units consumed last week

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026