Brahmi ghritha and Counseling in improving the Geriatric Depression score in elderly.
Phase 3
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: F339- Major depressive disorder, recurrent, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/07/070647
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Sandeep S
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
GDS Score range 5-11.
Those who are willing to participate in this study and sign informed consent forms.
Patients with 5 or more of the 9 symptoms of major depressive disorder mentioned in DSM-5,persisting for a period of 2 weeks.
Exclusion Criteria
Abnormal cognition and speech-causing difficulty in comprehension,expression and signing informed consent.
Previously diagnosed neurological and psychiatric diseases
Previously diagnosed with chronic infection
Individuals on medication having fasting Plasma glucose level above 126 mg/dl and post prandial 160 mg/dl.
Individuals on medication having Blood pressure above 150/90 mm hg.
Individuals on medication having Total Cholesterols level above 190mg/dl.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in depression scores as of Geriatric Depression ScaleTimepoint: 98 days
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Quality of analysis based on PHQ-9 questionnaire <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 98 days