Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: The relaxation exercise and social support trialresst: study protocol for a randomized community based trial | Kobeissi et al. BMC Psychiatry 2011 11 142 http 1471-244X 11 142 BMC Psychiatry STUDY PROTOCOL Open Access The relaxation exercise and social support trial-resst study protocol for a randomized community based trial 3 4 2 2 5 Loulou Kobeissi Ricardo Araya Fayssal El Kak Zeina Ghantous Marwan Khawaja Brigitte Khoury Ziyad Mahfoud6 Rima Nakkash7 Tim J Peters8 Sami Ramia 9 and Huda Zurayk2 Abstract Background Studies suggests a possible link between vaginal discharge and common mental distress as well as highlight the implications of the subjective burden of disease and its link with mental health. Methods Design This is a community-based intervention trial that aims to evaluate the impact of a psycho-social intervention on medically unexplained vaginal discharge MUVD in a group of married low-income Lebanese women aged 18-49 and suffering from low to moderate levels of anxiety and or depression. The intervention consisted of 12 sessions of structured social support problem solving techniques group discussions and trainer-supervised relaxation exercises twice per week over six weeks . Women were recruited from Hey el Selloum a southern disadvantaged suburb of Beirut Lebanon during an open recruitment campaign. The primary outcome was self-reported MUVD upon ruling out reproductive tract infections RTIs through lab analysis. Anxiety and or depression symptoms were the secondary outcomes for this trial. These were assessed using an Arabic validated version of the Hopkins Symptoms Checklist-25 HSCL-25 . Assessments were done at baseline and six months using face-to face interviews pelvic examinations and laboratory tests. Women were randomized into either intervention or control group. Intent to treat analysis will be used. Discussion The results will indicate whether the proposed psychosocial intervention was effective in reducing MUVD possibly mediated by common mental distress . Trial Registration The trial is registered at the Wellcome Trust
