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Mental IllnessNCT06258460

Multimodal Psychotherapy Training for Chinese Medical Students

A study testing psychotherapy training program intervention in people with Mental Illness, run by Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital at 1 site in China.

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Trial summary

Providing evidence-based, well-designed psychotherapy teaching to train them to get a basic understanding of psychotherapy and to gain required skills for clinical practice would be fundamental to medical students, residency. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Mental Illness
What is being tested?
psychotherapy training program intervention
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
180 participants
Where
1 siteChina
Study dates
1 Feb 2014to 15 Apr 2024
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Medical student, residents, health care providers
  • 18 years of age or older
  • Expressing an interest in psychotherapy
  • Willingness to received randomization
  • Willing to provide informed consent to participate in the study

Who cannot join

  • Not health care providers
  • Below 18 years old
  • Unwilling to be randomized
  • Unable to provide informed consent

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Luyao Zou, MS contact

8615869178144

ZouLuyao0000@163.com

China1 site, 1 recruiting

  • Yanhui Liao

    Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310016

    Yanhui Liao, MD, 8615116225099, liaoyanhui@zju.edu.cn

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Multimodal Psychotherapy Training Program for Medical Students in China: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Providing evidence-based, well-designed psychotherapy teaching to train them to get a basic understanding of psychotherapy and to gain required skills for clinical practice would be fundamental to medical students, residency. This study will be a two-arm randomized controlled trial (RCT) to evaluate the effectiveness of multimodal psychotherapy training program for medical students in China.

Read the detailed description

Background and aims: Providing evidence-based, well-designed psychotherapy teaching for medical students and residents is urgently needed. The aim of this project is to measure the effectiveness of a newly multimodal psychotherapy teaching program for medical students and residents in China.

Design: This study will be a two-arm randomized controlled trial (RCT). The intervention group will receive a two-day multimodal-based intensive educational intervention with 8 weeks follow-up (supervision based online teaching). The wait-list control group will not receive the intervention until the end of the study. Both groups will be followed up to 8 weeks.

Setting: This trial will be conduct at the Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital.

Participants: This study aims to recruit about 160 medical students and residents, with approximately 80 in each group.

Measurements: The primary outcome measure is the changes of the Facilitative Interpersonal Skills task (FIS) scores. Secondary outcome measures include: training program acceptability; trainees' psychotherapy knowledge; utilization of psychotherapy; and self-reported self-efficacy and self-reported motivation for psychotherapy.

Comments: If this CBT-based brief and short-term psychotherapy skill training program is proven effective, the mental health impact of its expansion nation-wide could be enormous.

Conditions
Mental Illness
Being tested
psychotherapy training program intervention, the wail-list control intervention
Keywords
Multimodal teaching, psychotherapy training, Chinese medical students, randomized controlled trial
Medical subject headings
Mental Disorders

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • psychotherapy training program interventionOther

    The intervention group will receive a two-day multimodal-based intensive educational intervention of CBT with 8 weeks follow-up (supervision based online teaching).

  • the wail-list control interventionOther

    The wail-list control group will receive a message encouraging them to complete all questionnaires from baseline to the last follow-up at 8 weeks.

Study groups in NCT06258460
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
the two-day psychotherapy training program with 8-week follow-ups intervention groupExperimentalAll participants from the intervention group will receive the two-day psychotherapy training program. They will receive a hard copy booklet of the psychotherapy training program at recruitment. In addition, supervision-based group meeting will be hold at week 1, 2, 4, and 8 during follow-ups, and each meeting will be lasted for approximately two hours. At each follow-up meeting, the teachers, including psychotherapists and psychiatrists, will be prepared to answer any psychotherapy related questions, encourage them to practice psychological interventions, and provide more information for participants' clinical application of psychotherapy.
Receives: Other: psychotherapy training program intervention
the wail-list control groupPlacebo comparatorAfter consent is given, participants who are allocated to the wail-list control group will receive a message encouraging them to complete all questionnaires from baseline to the last follow-up at 8 weeks. They will receive messages via WeChat to thank them for being in the study and reminding them of the time until the completion of the study at 8 weeks follow-up. They will receive a digital booklet of the psychotherapy training program via the WeChat individual messaging platform at recruitment, or a hard copy on request. After the trial ends, participants in the control arm will be able to receive the psychotherapy training program for free.
Receives: Other: the wail-list control intervention

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Facilitative Interpersonal Skills task (FIS)

    FIS has eight dimensions: 1) verbal fluency, 2) hope and positive expectations, 3) persuasiveness; 4) emotional expression; 5) warmth, acceptance and understanding; 6) empathy; 7) alliance-bond capacity; and 8) alliance rupture-repair responsiveness. The items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (i.e., skill deficit) to 5 (i.e., optimal presence of skill), with high inter-rater agreement and excellent internal consistency. Research indicates that FIS is reliable measure to evaluate performance and psychotherapeutic outcomes in training and assessing therapists, high FIS indicate superior outcomes and better therapeutic processes. It measures therapists' demonstrated ability to convey psychotherapy's common factors, such as hopefulness, warmth, persuasiveness, and emotional engagement.

    Measured: 8 weeks

Secondary outcomes (5)

  1. Training program acceptability

    program acceptability will be measured for participants from the intervention group by questions for assessing program acceptability

    Measured: 2 days

  2. Trainees' psychotherapy knowledge

    Knowledge about psychotherapy before and after 8 weeks will be on a 5-point scale

    Measured: 8 weeks

  3. Utilization of psychotherapy

    the utilization rate of psychotherapy interventions for patients during 8 weeks follow-up will be measured.

    Measured: 8 weeks

  4. Self-reported self-efficacy

    the self-efficacy will be measured by the visual analog scale (VAS) on a 10-cm line that represents a continuum between "no self-efficacy" and "the strongest self-efficacy."

    Measured: 8 weeks

  5. Self-reported motivation

    the motivation will be measured by the visual analog scale (VAS) on a 10-cm line that represents a continuum between "no motivation" and "the strongest motivation."

    Measured: 8 weeks

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted14 Feb 2024
  2. Study start1 Feb 2014
  3. Primary completion1 Apr 2024 (estimated)
  4. Study completion15 Apr 2024 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Health services research
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
This study will be a two-arm randomized controlled trial (RCT). The intervention group will receive a two-day multimodal-based intensive educational intervention with 8 weeks follow-up (supervision based online teaching). The wait-list control group will not receive the intervention until the end of the study. Both groups will be followed up to 8 weeks.
Masking
Single blind
Who is masked
Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
180 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT06258460
Sponsor's protocol ID
2024-0066
Status last verified
Feb 2024
First submitted
6 Feb 2024
Last updated
20 Feb 2024
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No: This study data will be shared with other researchers by requirement.

Publications

  • Ding Y, Pei T, Peng P, Yao J, Tang J, Liao Y. Attitudes and knowledge for CBT-based psychotherapy among medical students and residents in China: a survey study. BMC Med Educ. 2025 Jan 15;25(1):68. doi: 10.1186/s12909-025-06641-w.

    PubMed 39815284

  • Pei T, Ding Y, Tang J, Liao Y. Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Multimodal Psychotherapy Training Program for Medical Students in China: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2025 Jan 3;14:e58037. doi: 10.2196/58037.

    PubMed 39752191

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing psychotherapy training program intervention in people with Mental Illness, run by Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital at 1 site in China.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 20 Feb 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in China. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Luyao Zou, MS (8615869178144, ZouLuyao0000@163.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Facilitative Interpersonal Skills task (FIS) (time frame: 8 weeks). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT06258460, which also lists 2 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 20 Feb 2024.

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