A randomised controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of counselling in patients with chronic depression and anxiety

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Mental and behavioural disorders: Depression, anxiety, neuroses; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Depression

• Registration Number: ISRCTN93023252
• Lead Sponsor: Department of Health (UK)

Brief Summary

2000 results in:HTA monograph) in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11134918

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 1999-07-14
• Study Start: 2003-04-25
• Last Update Posted: 29 July 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 181

Inclusion Criteria

Patients were screened at GP practices and asked to participate if they scored 14 on the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), had suffered depression or depression/anxiety for 6 months or more, were aged 18-70 and had no history of drug or alcohol abuse, psychosis or suicidal tendencies.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided at time of registration.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The main outcome measure was the BDI. Others included the Brief Symptom Inventory, the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems and the Social Adjustment Scale. All tests were given at initial, 6- and 12-month assessments. Comprehensive costs were also estimated, and combined with changes in outcomes to examine between-group differences and whether counselling was more cost-effective than standard GP care.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ot provided at time of registration.