Avaliação de Uma intervenção de promoção Atividade física em Pacientes Com depressão Maior em Atendimento Ambulatorial (MOVEDEP): um Ensaio clínico Randomizado
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Major Depressive Disorder
- Sponsor
- Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
- Enrollment
- 130
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Depressive symptoms (blinded assessment)
- Last Updated
- 8 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Randomized clinical trial that aims to increase physical activity levels in people with depression and to evaluate if the increase on PA levels has impact on clinical and biological measures.
Detailed Description
The contacts will be made by face-to-face interviews and telephone calls
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •age: 18 - 65 years;
- •diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder (DSM-IV), assessed by a trained psychiatrist;
- •score 7 or more in the HAM-D;
- •do not present clinical comorbidities that limit or contra-indicate the practice of physical activity;
- •be starting depression treatment at the Programa de transtorno do humor (PROTHUM) ;
- •have acess to a computer and have a facebook account;
- •be able to read and sign the consent term.
Exclusion Criteria
- •present other psychiatric diagnosis such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or use of alcohol or other drugs;
- •be not liberated to the practice of physical exercises by the assistant psychiatrist.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Depressive symptoms (blinded assessment)
Time Frame: At the end of the intervention (6 months)
Hamilton scale for depressive symptoms assessed by a blinded psychiatrist. Clinician-administered semi-structured interview with 17 questions. It is designed to measure the severity of depressive symptoms in patients with a primary depressive illness. Higher scores means higher depressive symptoms. The cutoffs are the following: following severity ranges for the HAMD: no depression (0-7); mild depression (8-16); moderate depression (17-23); and severe depression (≥24). The maximum score is 52.
Secondary Outcomes
- Depressive symptoms (self-reported)(At the end of the intervention (6 months))
- Quality of life(At the end of the intervention (6 months))
- Physical activity - self-report(At the end of the intervention (6 months))
- Physical activity levels - objective measure(At the end of the intervention (6 months))
- Melancholia(At the end of the intervention (6 months))
- Weight(At the end of the intervention (6 months))