Effects of a video viewing intervention with positive-word stimulation on depressive symptoms in elderly cardiovascular patients with subthreshold depression: a pilot randomized controlled trial
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular disease patients with subthreshold depression
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000052155
- Lead Sponsor
- Gunma University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
Exclusion criteria were those who had been diagnosed with a mental disorder at least once in their lifetime regardless of the type of disorder, those who were currently receiving professional treatment for mental health problems, those with visual or hearing impairments that interfere with daily living, those who were assessed by M.I.N.I. to have had a major depressive episode in the past two weeks, and those with life The exclusion criteria were: those with serious life-threatening complications.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary outcome is the change in scores on the Japanese version of the Beck Depression Inventory-Second Edition one week after the baseline assessment.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Secondary outcomes are change in the minimum amount of exercise at which heart failure symptoms appear on the Specific Activity Scale, New York Heart Association functional class, and change in handgrip strength one week after the baseline assessment.