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Change My Story Task Shifted Mental Health Intervention
Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital
Summary
Psychological distress and depression are common among young people living with HIV (Y-PLWH) and negatively impact medication adherence and disease control. In low- and middle-income countries, this problem is compounded by the lack of trained mental health professionals on the provider side and the requirement of frequent clinic-based visits imposing greater cost, inconvenience, and stigma for patients. Change My Story, is a theory-grounded, interactive narrative game designed to address the key drivers of depression and psychological distress among Y-PLWH in Nigeria. This pilot hybrid implementation-effectiveness randomized controlled trial (RCT) will compare Change My Story combined with PST to PST alone among 80 Y-PLWH with depression or psychological distress.
Official title: Change My Story: Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial of Change My Story Among Young Persons Living With HIV and Depression
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
16 Years - 24 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
80
Start Date
2025-06-01
Completion Date
2026-06-30
Last Updated
2025-07-14
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Problem Solving Therapy
Problem solving therapy (PST) is a cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)-based intervention that uses seven basic steps to teach problem solving orientation and skills to equip individuals to manage the impact of stressful life events on their mental health.
Change My Story
Change My Story is a narrative game with a choose-your-own-adventure format in which players navigate emotionally difficult experiences along with the character(s) and interact with the virtual environment to choose a narrative path toward the story's conclusion. It will used to address important obstacles in the mental health treatment gap for Y-PLWH.
Locations (1)
University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria