One-year outcomes of two community-based mental health interventions for Afro-Colombian survivors of the armed conflict and displacement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19503395 |
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| Authors | Francisco J Bonilla‐escobar (0000-0002-0224-3482, Instituto Cisalva, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia, corresponding author), Daniel Tobón-García (0000-0002-9643-1870, Instituto Cisalva, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia), Luz A Cordoba-Castro (Instituto Cisalva, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia), Sara Gabriela Pacichana-Quinayaz (0000-0003-1414-151X, Instituto Cisalva, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia), Andrés Fandiño-Losada (0000-0002-3385-7380, Instituto Cisalva, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia), María Isabel Gutiérrez-Martínez (0000-0002-4198-4638, Instituto Cisalva, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 132-149 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medicine Conflict & Survival (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1362-3699 • E-ISSN: 1743-9396 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13623699.2023.2196500 |
| PMID | 37137735 |
| OpenAlex | W4367837396 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 14 |
The objective of the study is to assess the middle-term effects (1 year after intervention) of two community-based mental health interventions, Common Elements Treatment Approach intervention, CETA, and Narrative Community Group Therapy intervention, NCGT, in two cities of the Colombian Pacific region (Buenaventura and Quibdó). A follow-up study was conducted on a cohort of trial participants. In this trial, the positive effects of two mental health interventions were evaluated; assessment was carried out in separate groups (CETA arm, NCGT arm and a control group) of the reduction of symptoms of anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress and function impaired mentality. The participants were Afro-Colombian survivors of the armed conflict and displacement living in Buenaventura and Quibdó. They were surveyed using the same instrument used in the original trial. Intent-to-treat analyses were performed, and longitudinal mixed-effects regression models with random effects were used to analyse the middle-term effects of the interventions. At 1-year post-intervention, participants in Buenaventura who received the CETA intervention experienced a decrease in depression (-0.23; p = 0.02), post-traumatic stress symptoms (-0.23; p = 0.02) and total mental health symptoms (-0.14; p = 0.048). In Quibdó, the NCGT intervention significantly improved function impairment (-0.30; p = 0.005). CETA and NCGT interventions have the potential to maintain a reduction of mental health symptoms in participants from the Colombian Pacific region
Anxiety · Mental health · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Randomized controlled trial · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Migration, Health and Trauma · Resilience and Mental Health · Surgery
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| Citations per year | 1.5 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |