Effectiveness of Running Therapy on Depression.
- Conditions
- Depression
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON20278
- Lead Sponsor
- Symfora groep
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 220
Inclusion Criteria
1. Age between 18-65;
2. Diagnoses of unipolar depression, or bipolar depression, or seasonal depression not responding to light therapy (10 sessions of 1 hour) (using DSM-IV criteria);
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients with comorbid disorders (including depression due to another comorbid condition, psychotic disorder, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder or obsessive compulsive disorder, anxiety disorder as primary diagnosis);
2. Patients in longstay facilities (including day care) or with complex pathology, treatment resistant depression and multiple hospital admissions with little effect on the depressive state;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Depression symptoms (the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression). Timepoints: 6 and 12 months.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Metabolic syndrome: length/weight2 (BMI), waist circumference, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, fasting glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, cholesterol/HDL-ratio, creatinine and Cockroft clearance. Timepoint: 6 and 12 months;<br /><br>2. Quality of Life (WHO-DAS) at 6 and 12 months;<br /><br>3. Cost effectiveness (TIC-P, Euroqol, subjective health, VAS) at 6 and 12 months.<br>