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Evaluation of CD4 T cell count and its subsets in patients with major depressive disorder

Not Applicable
Conditions
Health Condition 1: F321- Major depressive disorder, singleepisode, moderate
Registration Number
CTRI/2024/07/071516
Lead Sponsor
Maulana Azad Medical College
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

Age more than eighteen years

Patient having major depressive episode without psychotic symptoms for at least two weeks according to ICD eleven criteria

First onset MDD

Patients attended and evaluated by senior residents or consultants

Indication of anti depressant therapy

Patients agreeing to be part of the study

Brief Adherence Rating Scale more than eighty percent on follow up after eight weeks of treatment

Controls

Age and gender matched healthy volunteers who come to OPD of GIPMER LNH GNEC New Delhi

General Health Questionnaire twelve items (GHQ less than three

Exclusion Criteria

Any other psychiatric diagnosis except MDD

Substance use except nicotine containing agents Disorders due to substance use include disorders that result from a single occasion or repeated use of substances that have psychoactive properties including certain medications

Acute and chronic major physical illness

Independent variables

MDD and its severity

Anti depressant therapy

Demography and socioeconomic status

Patient with MDD will be treated as per SOP of Department of Psychiatry GIPMER

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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Secondary Outcome Measures
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