Effectiveness Trial of the French Blues Indicated Depression Prevention Program

Phase 4

Completed

• Conditions: Depression
• Interventions: Behavioral: Blues program

• Registration Number: NCT02731053
• Lead Sponsor: Université de Montréal

Brief Summary

The purpose of this pilot study is to test the effectiveness of French adaptation of the Blues program, a school-based indicated depression prevention intervention. The program will be delivered by the endogenous psycho-social staff of 3 Montreal secondary schools to adolescents with sub-clinical depressive symptoms and compared to a no-intervention (Informational Brochure only) control condition, designed to represent the "usual intervention" in these schools.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-03
• Study First Submitted: 2016-03-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-04-06
• Study First Posted: 2016-04-07
• Primary Completion: 2016-11
• Study Completion: 2016-11
• Status Verified: 2017-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-09-26
• Last Update Posted: 2017-09-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 72

Inclusion Criteria

• Elevated depressive symptoms (score of 20 or above on the Center for Epidemiological Studies - Depression screening questionnaire)

Exclusion Criteria

• Current major depression diagnosis
• Current active suicidal behaviors
• Being in a special school curriculum for academic or behavioral problems

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Blues program	Blues program	Participants will attend 6 weekly 1-hour sessions of group cognitive-behavioral therapy administered by school staff, and will do home practice between sessions and after the program individually using a web site (called the Blues App)

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in depressive symptoms as measured using continuous SCID scores (baseline, posttest, 6-month follow-up)	6 months
Change in depressive symptoms as measured using the PHQ-9 questionnaire (baseline, posttest, 6-month follow-up)	6 months
Number of participants who develop a major depressive episode as measured using the SCID diagnostic interview (posttest, 6 month follow-up)	6 months
Change in depressive symptoms as measured using the CES-D questionnaire (baseline, posttest, 6-month follow-up)	6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in social adjustment as measured using "Évaluation sociale de Soi chez les jeunes adultes" questionnaire (Michaud et al., 2006) (baseline, posttest, 6-month follow-up)	6 months
Change in anxiety symptoms as measured using the SCAS questionnaire (baseline, posttest, 6-month follow-up)	6 months
Change in delinquent behaviors as measured using a scale from the MASPAQ questionnaire (Leblanc, 1996) (baseline, posttest, 6-month follow-up)	6 months
Change in affective school engagement as measured using a subscale of the school engagement questionnaire (Archambault et al., 2009) (baseline, posttest, 6-month follow-up)	6 months
Change in substance use as measured using a scale from the MASPAQ questionnaire (Leblanc, 1996) (baseline, posttest, 6-month follow-up)	6 months
Change in parent-child relationship as measured using a scale from the MASPAQ questionnaire (Leblanc, 1996) (baseline, posttest, 6-month follow-up)	6 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Université de Montréal; 🇨🇦 Montréal, Quebec, Canada