Skip to main content
Clinical Trials/ACTRN12616001412426
ACTRN12616001412426Terminated未知

Randomised controlled trial to determine whether a greater proportion of older people with Major Depression living in remote and regional Western Australia who receive a Behavioural Activation intervention experience remission of the Depressive Episode, compared with usual care.

WA Medical School - Division Psychiatry0 sites14 target enrollmentStarted: October 11, 2016Last updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
未知
Status
Terminated
Sponsor
Enrollment
14

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
65 Years to o limit (—)
Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • Aged 65 years or over
  • - Screens positive on at least one of two questions known as the Whooley depression screening questions: low mood and decreased interest or enjoyment in usual activities.
  • - Resides in inner (RA2)or outer regional (RA3) or remote (RA4) Western Australia according to the Australian Standard Geographic Classification - Remoteness Areas (ASGC-RA) Classification 2011
  • -The presence of a Major Depressive Episode according to DSM-V (SCID 1)
  • - Fluent in written and spoken english

Exclusion Criteria

  • - Active suicidal plan
  • - Current or past history of psychosis
  • - Sensory impairment that interferes with effective communication over the phone or with reading font size 14
  • - Clinically significant cognitive impairment as evidenced by a score lower than 27 on the Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status(TICSm)(Knopman et al, 2010)
  • - Plans to move residence during the follow up period
  • - Does not reside in inner or outer regional or remote Western Australia

Investigators

Sponsor
WA Medical School - Division Psychiatry

Similar Trials

The MIRROR1 pilot study: treatMent of... | Clinical Trial