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Table 3 Pilot c-RCT outcome measures

From: Reducing stigma among healthcare providers to improve mental health services (RESHAPE): protocol for a pilot cluster randomized controlled trial of a stigma reduction intervention for training primary healthcare workers in Nepal

Construct

Instrument

Description

Assessment time periods

Pre-training (t1)

Immediate post-training (t2)

4-month post-training (t3)

16-month post-training (t4)

Patient baseline (t5)

Patient 6-month follow-up (t6)

Primary outcome (primary healthcare workers)

Stigma

Social distance

Primary healthcare workers self-rate level of social distance related to interacting with persons with mental illness

X

X

X

X

  

Secondary outcomes (primary healthcare workers)

Mental healthcare knowledge

mhGAP knowledge

Primary healthcare workers complete multiple choice and true/false questions reflecting knowledge of mental health diagnoses and treatment

X

X

X

X

  

Stigma

mhGAP attitudes

Primary healthcare workers complete questions regarding attitudes toward people with mental illness

X

X

X

X

  

Stigma

Implicit Association Test (IAT)

Primary healthcare workers complete a computer-based neuropsychological test assessing implicit biases related to mental illness and violence

X

 

X

X

  

Clinical competency

Enhancing Assessment of Common Therapeutic Factors (ENACT)

Competency is rated by observers through role plays between primary healthcare workers and standardized patients

X

 

X

X

  

Diagnostic and treatment fidelity

Psychiatrist administered Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI)

Psychiatrists administer the CIDI to patients diagnosed by primary healthcare workers and compare with the diagnosis and treatment recommendations

    

X

 

Secondary outcomes (patients)

Stigma and care access

Barriers to Access to Care Evaluation (BACE)

Patients rate degree to which stigma is a barrier to care seeking

    

X

X

Perceived clinical competency

Enhancing Assessment of Common Therapeutic Factors (ENACT)—patient rating version

Patients rate their primary healthcare workers on quality of common factors in care

    

X

X

Daily functioning

WHO Disability Assessment Scale (WHODAS)

Patients rate ability to perform daily functioning

    

X

X

Depression symptoms

Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)

Patient rate depression symptoms over past two weeks

    

X

X

Alcohol use disorder

Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)

Patients rate alcohol use and associated behavior, as well as daily ethanol consumption

    

X

X