Efficacy of short message services on treatment adherence, severity of depression and spiritual health in depressed patients
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Condition 1: Depressive episode. Condition 2: Depressive episode.Moderate depressive episodeSevere depressive episode
- Registration Number
- IRCT2015091323998N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice chancellor for research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 90
Inclusion Criteria
major depression according to diagnosis of a psychiatrist and DSM-IV-TR criteria; being literate; being able to work with cell phone and reading and writing a text message
Exclusion criteria: refusing to participate in the study and lack of cooperation during the intervention
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Spiritual well- being. Timepoint: The beginning and end of the study. Method of measurement: Paloutzian and Ellison spiritual well-being scale.;Depression severity. Timepoint: The beginning and end of the study. Method of measurement: Beck Depression Inventory (21 question).;Treatment adherence. Timepoint: The beginning and end of the study. Method of measurement: Treatment adherence self- made questionnaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method