Paralinguistic Speech Characteristics in Depressio
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- F32Depressive episode
- Registration Number
- DRKS00023670
- Lead Sponsor
- ehrstuhl für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 144
Inclusion Criteria
sufficient German language skills
- willingness to provide informed consent
- Non-depressed: the absence of an MDD diagnosis and no significant subthreshold symptoms of depression; subthreshold: the absence of an MDD diagnosis but presence of significant subthreshold symptoms of depression; clinically depressed: the diagnosis of major depression
Exclusion Criteria
- high risk of suicide
- psychosis
- bipolar disorder
- substance use disorder within last 6 months
- already in psychotherapeutic treatment
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Differences in paralinguistic speech characteristics between depressed and non-depressed individuals
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Further study goals: <br><br>- Improvement of the algorithm for detection and prediction of depression using paralinguistic speech characteristics (PSCs) <br><br>- Differences in PSCs in neutral vs. depression-related speech probes <br><br>- Effect of reappraisal-training with (experimental group) or without (control group) PSC feedback on depressed mood <br><br>Measures: <br>- SCID<br>- HRSD <br>- BDI-II<br>- PHQ-9 <br>- BSI <br><br>Study design: <br><br>-t0: Interviews, questionnaires, speech probes; <br>-mobile assessment: 2 weeks of assessment of speech probes via EMA (ecological momentary assessment)<br>-t1: questionnaires and reappraisal-training (2 weeks after t0)<br>-t2: 1-month follow-up <br>-t3: 3-month follow-up<br>-t4: 6-month follow-up <br>