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Adult Depression and Integrative Medical Care

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Depression
Registration Number
NCT06915207
Lead Sponsor
University of Saskatchewan
Brief Summary

The goal of this quasi-experimental study is to learn if integrative medical care works to treat depression in adults and compare it to usual medical care. The main question it aims to answer is to find out whether integrative medical care is equal or better to usual medical care in treating depressed adults over one year.

Participants attended five data collection visits which occurred at baseline, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months. At each visit, they completed questionnaires and had a small blood sample drawn. They were also asked to keep a diary of their symptoms and what they did between visits. They brought a calendar summary with a saliva sample at visits 2 to 5.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
130
Inclusion Criteria
  • experiencing depressive symptoms as defined by a Centre for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression (CES-D) scale score of 16 or higher as categorized by Lewinsohn et al.
  • willing to commit to five study visits over one year.
Exclusion Criteria
  • substance abuse
  • pregnancy
  • non-depression neurological problems.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in depressionone year

as measured by the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) test. It has a continuous range of whole number scores from 0-63 that correspond to four categories of depression: minimal (0-13), mild (14-19), moderate (20-28) and severe (29-63)

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Saskatchewan

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Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

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