Managing Psychological Distress to Improve the Quality of Life, Self-Efficacy and Emotional Intelligence of School Teachers by Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
The aim of study is to manage psychological distress to improve quality of life, self-efficacy and emotional intelligence of school teachers by using cognitive behavioral therapy
Design
This phase of the study will be based on Randomized Control Trial with Pre and Post test design with 187 subjects, enrolled between February 2024 to June 2024.
Settings and conduct
The independent variable of the study will be cognitive behavioral therapy while the dependent variable will be psychological distress, quality of life, self-efficacy and emotional intelligence. There will be two groups. One group will be experimental group which will receive treatment and the other will be control group which will not receive any treatment. Nature of the treatment will be brief cognitive behavioral therapy.
Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Female school teachers employed in government and private schools in the Layyah district, employed for at least one year, females who will score high in psychological distress scale. Exclusion criteria: Male school teachers, who will be unwilling to participate in the CBT intervention, females who will score low in psychological distress scale.
Intervention groups
Participants in the Experimental group will receive 8 sessions of culturally adapted Cognitive behavioral therapy. Each session will be comprised on 120 minutes once in a week. However Control group will be kept passive and will not receive any treatment during experiment.
Main outcome variables
Level of psychological distress.
General information
Reason for update
Acronym
CBT
IRCT registration information
IRCT registration number:IRCT20231030059904N1
Registration date:2025-01-04, 1403/10/15
Registration timing:retrospective
Last update:2025-01-04, 1403/10/15
Update count:0
Registration date
2025-01-04, 1403/10/15
Registrant information
Name
Bisma Akhlaq
Name of organization / entity
Islamia University Bahawalpur
Country
Pakistan
Phone
+92 606 420130
Email address
s22bapsy4m01003@iub.edu.pk
Recruitment status
Recruitment complete
Funding source
Expected recruitment start date
2024-02-01, 1402/11/12
Expected recruitment end date
2024-06-30, 1403/04/10
Actual recruitment start date
empty
Actual recruitment end date
empty
Trial completion date
empty
Scientific title
Managing Psychological Distress to Improve the Quality of Life, Self-Efficacy and Emotional Intelligence of School Teachers by Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Public title
Effect of Psychological Distress on Quality of Life, Self-Efficacy and Emotional Intelligence of School Teachers by Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Purpose
Treatment
Inclusion/Exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria:
Female school teachers from government and private sector having at least one year experience
Female school teachers with same traits as age, marital status, experience
Female who will score more on psychological distress scale
Agree to participate in Cognitive behavioral therapy intervention
Exclusion criteria:
Male schools teachers
Female teachers with less than one year of experience
Those who score low on psychological distress scale
Age
From 20 years old
Gender
Female
Phase
2
Groups that have been masked
No information
Sample size
Target sample size:
176
Randomization (investigator's opinion)
Randomized
Randomization description
Simple random sampling by including the government and private female school teachers from urban and rural areas of Layyah district equally. There are three tehsils in this district and data will be collected from each of them by using this sampling technique.
Blinding (investigator's opinion)
Not blinded
Blinding description
Placebo
Not used
Assignment
Single
Other design features
Secondary Ids
empty
Ethics committees
1
Ethics committee
Name of ethics committee
Institutional Human Ethics Committee (IHEC)
Street address
Islamia University Bahawalpur
City
Bhawalpur
Postal code
63100
Approval date
2023-09-07, 1402/06/16
Ethics committee reference number
1714030444
Health conditions studied
1
Description of health condition studied
Psychological distress
ICD-10 code
ICD-10 code description
Primary outcomes
1
Description
level of psychological distress
Timepoint
Before the intervention, immediately after the intervention and 6 weeks after the intervention
Method of measurement
The Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) will be used to measure psychological distress. Quality of life by using the WHOQOL-BREF instrument. Self-efficacy will be measured by usingTeacher Self-Efficacy Scale (TSES), developed by Schwarzer et al. (1999) and emotional intelligence will be measured by using Brief Emotional Intelligence Scale (BEIS-10).
Secondary outcomes
1
Description
To assess the impact of psychological distress on quality of life, self-efficacy and emotional intelligence of school teachers
Timepoint
Before the intervention, immediately after the intervention and 6 weeks after the intervention
Method of measurement
Psychological disrtess scale
Intervention groups
1
Description
Intervention Group: This group will receive Culturally Adopted Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to decrease their psychological distress and to improve quality of life, self-efficacy and emotional intelligence of school teachers. Culturally adopted cognitive behavior therapy is a dialogue written exercises based therapy that is comprised on eight sessions . All subjects of experimental group will receive one session in a week that will be comprised of 120 minutes. After completing eight sessions of psycho therapy, post assessment will be conducted to assess the effectiveness.
Category
Other
2
Description
Control group: This group will be kept passive and will not receive any treatment during experiment. Follow up will be taken of both groups after two months of post assessment.
Category
Other
Recruitment centers
1
Recruitment center
Name of recruitment center
Government and private schools
Full name of responsible person
Bisma Akhlaq
Street address
Layyah district
City
Layyah
Postal code
0606
Phone
+92 331 6844483
Email
bismakhlaq@gmail.com
Sponsors / Funding sources
1
Sponsor
Name of organization / entity
Islamia university Bahawalpur
Full name of responsible person
Aqeel Ahmad
Street address
Bahawalpur
City
Bahawalpur
Postal code
63100
Phone
+92 606 420130
Email
aqeel.ahamd@iub.edu.pk
Grant name
Grant code / Reference number
Is the source of funding the same sponsor organization/entity?
Yes
Title of funding source
Islamia university Bahawalpur
Proportion provided by this source
30
Public or private sector
Public
Domestic or foreign origin
Domestic
Category of foreign source of funding
empty
Country of origin
Type of organization providing the funding
Academic
Person responsible for general inquiries
Contact
Name of organization / entity
Islamia University Bahawalpur
Full name of responsible person
Bisma Akhlaq
Position
PhD Scholar
Latest degree
Ph.D.
Other areas of specialty/work
Psychology
Street address
Layyah
City
Bahawalpur
Province
Punjab
Postal code
0606
Phone
420130
Email
bismakhlaq@gmail.com
Person responsible for scientific inquiries
Contact
Name of organization / entity
Islamia University Bahawalpur
Full name of responsible person
Aqeel Ahmed
Position
Professor
Latest degree
Ph.D.
Other areas of specialty/work
Psychology
Street address
Bahawalpur
City
Bahawalpur
Province
Punjab
Postal code
63100
Phone
420130
Email
aqeel.ahmad@iub.edu.pk
Person responsible for updating data
Contact
Name of organization / entity
Islamia University Bhawalpur
Full name of responsible person
Bisma Akhlaq
Position
PhD Scholar
Latest degree
Ph.D.
Other areas of specialty/work
Psychology
Street address
Layyah
City
Bahawalpur
Province
Punjab
Postal code
0606
Phone
420130
Email
bismakhlaq@gmail.com
Sharing plan
Deidentified Individual Participant Data Set (IPD)
Undecided - It is not yet known if there will be a plan to make this available
Study Protocol
Undecided - It is not yet known if there will be a plan to make this available
Statistical Analysis Plan
Undecided - It is not yet known if there will be a plan to make this available
Informed Consent Form
Undecided - It is not yet known if there will be a plan to make this available
Clinical Study Report
Undecided - It is not yet known if there will be a plan to make this available
Analytic Code
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Data Dictionary
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