Effectiveness of an Internet- and mobile-based treatment of comorbid depression in chronic back pain patiens on sick leave

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Sick leave (longer than 1 week, shorter than 6 month); M54; F33; Dorsalgia; Recurrent depressive disorder

• Registration Number: DRKS00010820
• Lead Sponsor: ehrstuhl für Klinische Psychologie und PsychotherapieFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-07-26
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Pending
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 250

Inclusion Criteria

Age of 18 or older
- Internet & Email access
- moderate depressive symptoms (measured by the GAD, German Version, Cutoff > 22)
- currently on sick leave (more than 1 week, less than six month)
- Back Pain Diagnosis within the last 12 month (M54 in International Classification of Diseases, German Version by
- sufficient knowledge of German language, Computer and Internetability
- Willing to give informed consent and to fill out questionnaires

Exclusion Criteria

- Acute suicidal ideation or suicidal attemps in the past (measured with the structured clinical interview for DSM (SKID))
- current or past psychotic disorder (filtered by BARMER)
- current care level required (level 3)
- current other measurement for depression treatment (e.g. psychotherapy, other clinical study on depression)

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Depressive symptom severity measured by the Depression Scale (CES-D; german version; Hautzinger & Bailer, 1993). Used at Screening, pre, post and follow-up assessments.