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NCT03567083: STRENGTHS
Implementation of Problem Management Plus (PM+) in Adult Syrian Refugees in Turkey: Pilot
NA trial testing Problem Management Plus (PM+) in Anxiety in 46 participants. Completed in 21 January 2019.
21 January 2019
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Istanbul Sehir University |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | single |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 46 |
| Start date | 23 June 2018 |
| Primary completion | 21 January 2019 |
| Estimated completion | 21 January 2019 |
| Sites | 1 location across Turkey (Türkiye) |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Problem Management Plus (PM+)
Conditions studied
- Anxiety — all drugs for Anxiety →
- Depression — all drugs for Depression →
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder — all drugs for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder →
Sponsor
Istanbul Sehir University
Who can join
18 and older, any sex, with Anxiety or Depression. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
To implement Problem Management Plus (PM+) in Syrian refugees with this pilot study in Turkey with the aim of informing the definitive RCT about drop-out rates and estimated effect sizes.
Publications & conference data
3 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Psychological and social interventions for the prevention of mental disorders in people living in low- and middle-income countries affected by humanitarian crises.
Papola D, Purgato M, Gastaldon C, Bovo C, et al · · 2020 · cited 46× · PMID 32897548 · DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd012417.pub2 -
Group problem management plus (PM+) to decrease psychological distress among Syrian refugees in Turkey: a pilot randomised controlled trial.
Acarturk C, Uygun E, Ilkkursun Z, Yurtbakan T, et al · · 2022 · cited 39× · PMID 34983461 · DOI 10.1186/s12888-021-03645-w -
Scalable psychological interventions for Syrian refugees in Europe and the Middle East: STRENGTHS study protocol for a prospective individual participant data meta-analysis.
de Graaff AM, Cuijpers P, Acarturk C, Akhtar A, et al · · 2022 · cited 9× · PMID 35443961 · DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058101
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Other Istanbul Sehir University trials
Trials by the same sponsor.
- NCT03912077 — Implementing Psychosocial Interventions to Syrian Refugee Women Who Are Exposed to Psychological Trauma · NA · completed
- NCT03960892 — Implementation of Group Problem Management Plus (PM+) in Adult Syrian Refugees in Turkey: RCT (STRENGTHS) · NA · completed
- NCT03587896 — Implementation of Self Help Plus in Adult Syrian Refugees in Turkey (RE-DEFINE) · NA · terminated
Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03567083 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Istanbul Sehir University
- Last refreshed: 19 May 2021
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