Problem-solving therapy for depression and common mental disorders in Zimbabwe: piloting a task-shifting primary mental health care intervention in a population with a high prevalence of people living with HIV
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BACKGROUND: There is limited evidence that interventions for depression and other common mental disorders (CMD) can be integrated sustainably into primary health care in Africa. We aimed to pilot a low-cost multi-component 'Friendship Bench Intervention' for CMD, locally adapted from problem-solving therapy and delivered by trained and supervised female lay workers to learn if was feasible and possibly effective as well as how best to implement it on a larger scale. METHOD: We trained lay workers for 8 days in screening and monitoring CMD and in delivering the intervention. Ten lay workers screened consecutive adult attenders who either were referred or self-referred to the Friendship Bench between July and December 2007. Those scoring above the validated cut-point of the Shona Symptom Questionnaire (SSQ) for CMD were potentially eligible. Exclusions were suicide risk or very severe depression. All others were offered 6 sessions of problem-solving therapy (PST) enhanced with a component of activity scheduling. Weekly nurse-led group supervision and monthly supervision from a mental health specialist were provided. Data on SSQ scores at 6 weeks after entering the study were collected by an independent research nurse. Lay workers completed a brief evaluation on their experiences of delivering the intervention. RESULTS: Of 395 potentially eligible, 33 (8%) were excluded due to high risk. Of the 362 left, 2% (7) declined and 10% (35) were lost to follow-up leaving an 88% response rate (n = 320). Over half (n = 166, 52%) had presented with an HIV-related problem. Mean SSQ score fell from 11.3 (sd 1.4) before treatment to 6.5 (sd 2.4) after 3-6 sessions. The drop in SSQ scores was proportional to the number of sessions attended. Nine of the ten lay workers rated themselves as very able to deliver the PST intervention. CONCLUSION: We have found preliminary evidence of a clinically meaningful improvement in CMD associated with locally adapted problem-solving therapy delivered by lay health workers through routine primary health care in an African setting. There is a need to test the effectiveness of this task-shifting mental health intervention in an appropriately powered randomised controlled trial. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ISRCTN: ISRCTN25476759.
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- Authors
- Chibanda, D., Mesu, P., Kajawu, L., Cowan, F., Araya, R., & Abas, M. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Zimbabwe (ZW)
- Counselling Services Unit (ZW)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- King's College London (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Chibanda, Dixon
- Venue
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2011-10-26
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 828-828
- ISSN
- 1471-2458 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3210104
- OpenAlex
- W1969517414
- Cited by
- 319
- References
- 34
- Citations by year
- 2026: 14 · 2025: 29 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 23 · 2022: 28 · 2021: 53 · 2020: 29 · 2019: 23 · 2018: 16 · 2017: 15 · 2016: 21 · 2015: 16 · 2014: 17 · 2013: 11 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 13.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- BMC Public Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Portal (King's College London) (acceptedVersion, cc-by)
- LSHTM Research Online (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) (acceptedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Greater South Information System
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Policy Implementation Science
- Keywords
- problem-solving therapy, common mental disorders, depression, Friendship Bench, task shifting, lay health workers, primary care mental health, HIV, Zimbabwe, activity scheduling, feasibility
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Mental Disorders, Community Health Workers, Depression, Feasibility Studies, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Health Promotion, HIV, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Personnel Staffing and Scheduling, Pilot Projects, Primary Health Care, Problem Solving, Surveys and Questionnaires, Zimbabwe, Program Evaluation, HIV Infections, Prevalence, Young Adult
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