Evaluation of the effect of tablet-based social cognitive training on cognitive and non-cognitive variables in depressed patients

Not Applicable

Conditions: F32
F33
Depressive episode
Recurrent depressive disorder

Registration Number: DRKS00023040

Lead Sponsor: Sozialstiftung BambergKlinik für Psychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

Patients suffering from a depressive episode in the context of a unipolar disorder (ICD-10: F32.x or F33.x); Ability to participate in the clinic's non-drug therapy program

Exclusion Criteria

Pronounced impairments in hearing and eyesight, which would prevent participation in cognitive training.

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Cognitive performance: executive functioning (measured with the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test and the Trail-Making-Test B), visual-spatial and verbal working memory, visual-spatial and verbal memory (measured with the Wechsler Memory Scale IV), selective attention (measured with the Continuous Performance Test), processing speed (measured with the Trail Maiking Test A and the Alertness sub-test from the test battery for the assessment of attention) and social cognition / Theory of Mind (Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test) before and after treatment

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
depressive symptoms, measured by standardized self and expert rating scales (Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale and Beck Depression Inventory II), quality of life (WHO Quality of Life short form) and social anxiety (Social Phobia Inventory) before and after treatment