Detection and Treatment of Depression in Patients Admitted to the General Hospital

NCT ID: NCT00521911

Last Updated: 2008-12-25

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-08-31

Study Completion Date

2008-12-31

Brief Summary

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Depression is a common disorder among patients with a somatic illness admitted to the general hospital. Patients with depression do worse in terms of their somatic symptoms or functioning that those without depression. They also stay in the hospital for longer.

That is the reason that we are interested to know whether patients with depression do better if their depression is recognised earlier and treated appropriately. We would like to find out which questionnaires are most suitable in clinical practice to help pick up patients with a depression. In addition, we would like to know whether a short-term psychological treatment of depression would be of any help. We hope to be able to show that this treatment would not only result in a reduction of depressive symptoms, but also in a better and quicker recovery of the somatic illness.

The treatment will consist of 6 to 9 weekly sessions of one hour, conducted by a cognitive behavioural assistant. Initially, the treatment will take place in the hospital. When patients are discharged, treatment sessions will continue at home. The treatment will focus on things like recognising and challenging unhelpful thoughts, planning of activities, and testing out of predictions by setting up behavioural experiments. Three monthly booster sessions will be offered to help patients to maintain their gains and prevent relapse. We will reassess the symptoms of the patients at three and six months after the end of treatment.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Depressive Disorder Depression

Keywords

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Intervention Studies Randomized Controlled Trials Cognitive Therapy Hospitals, General Prevalence

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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1

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

2

Treatment as Usual

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Depressive Disorder

Exclusion Criteria

* Severe Physical Disfunction
* Severe Cognitive Disfunction
* Speech and/or Hearing Disorder
* Limited knowledge of the Dutch language
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Radboud University Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Radboud University Medical Center

Principal Investigators

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Anne EM Speckens, PhD, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Radboud University Medical Center

Locations

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Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre

Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Netherlands

Central Contacts

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Matthijs W. Beltman, MSc

Role: CONTACT

Phone: +31 (0)24 3668008

Email: [email protected]

Related Links

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http://www.umcn.nl

Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre

Other Identifiers

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PROJECT9999

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id