Step Away From Depression - Evaluation of a Pedometer Intervention With Inpatients With Major Depression

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

292 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-07-31

Study Completion Date

2020-01-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine if the use of pedometers can help depressive inpatients in psychiatric clinics to increase their level of physical activity. Therefore patients are given a pedometer and instructions how to raise their level of daily steps. Intervention group is compared with a control group that is receiving treatment-as-usual. The intervention is hypothesized to increase number of daily steps and have positive effects on mood, depression and anxiety.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Depression

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Intervention group

Patients receive a pedometer and instructions how to raise their physical activity

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Pedometer

Intervention Type DEVICE

Patients receive a pedometer with instructions how to raise their number of daily steps

Control group

Patients receive treatment-as-usual

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Pedometer

Patients receive a pedometer with instructions how to raise their number of daily steps

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Major Depression, moderate to severe as main diagnosis
* Inpatient status
* Prospected inpatient treatment of at least 4 weeks
* Able to understand german

Exclusion Criteria

* Physical disease or disability that makes it impossible to reach the goal 5000 steps per day
* Borderline personality disorder
* Bipolar Disorder
* Schizophrenia
* Anorexia Nervosa
* Dementia
* Psychotic Depression
* Pregnancy
* Acute suicidality
* Substance dependancies with actual consumption (except nicotine)
* Current pedometer-use
* More than 10.000 steps per day

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No