Routine Outcome Monitoring for Geriatric Psychiatry & Science 2.0

Conditions: affective disorders
depression
10027946

Registration Number: NL-OMON51956

Lead Sponsor: niversitair Medisch Centrum Groningen

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 1400

Inclusion Criteria

1) Age >=60 years,
2) Affective disorder according to DSM-5 criteria, i.e. a depressive, anxiety
and/or somatic symptom disorder,
3) Informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

1) An established diagnosis of a neurodegenerative disorder,
2) Cognitive impairment defined as scoring less than 18 points on the Montreal
Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) test,
3) (History of a) bipolar or psychotic disorder,
4) Severe substance-use disorder in need of specialised treatment,
5) Physically or mentally too handicapped to administer self-report
questionnaires or perform cognitive testing,
6) Insufficient mastery of the Dutch language.

Study & Design

Study Type: Observational non invasive

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>The primary outcome parameter for the full clinical cohort study is remission<br /><br>at one-year follow-up of the identified affective disorders at inclusion, and<br /><br>for the limited study, recovery at one-year follow-up as assessed by<br /><br>self-report questionnaire.<br /><br>Parameters for the full study in addition include a battery of potential<br /><br>confounders, with specific attention for age-specific characteristics regarding<br /><br>cognitive functioning (including global cognitive functioning as well as<br /><br>executive functioning, processing speed and episodic memory), physical<br /><br>functioning (including multimorbidity, polypharmacy, and physical frailty), and<br /><br>social functioning (loneliness, social network size, role limitations).</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures