Attention Bias Modification Treatment for Young Adults With Major Depressive Disorder
- Conditions
- Depressive Disorder, Major
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Attention bias modification
- Registration Number
- NCT03971903
- Lead Sponsor
- Hunan Normal University
- Brief Summary
In this study, the investigators test whether a 4-week 12-session attention bias modification treatment (ABMT) could reduce depressive symptoms relative to placebo controls in young adults with major depressive disorder at post-training and 3-month follow-ups. Meanwhile, the investigators also test whether a 2-week 4-session ABMT booster training for every three months could reduce residual depressive symptoms and recurrences relative to placebo controls for 1-year follow-up
- Detailed Description
Attention Bias Modification Training was a modified dot-probe task, in which 90% of the targets appeared at the neutral word position and 10% at the sad word position. The placebo training procedure is a classic dot-probe task in which the targets appeared with equal probability in the sad (50%) and neutral (50%) word positions. The investigators assess attention bias scores, depressive symptoms, trait anxiety, rumination and self-report attention control ability at 1-week, 2-week, 4-week,7-week,3-month,4-month, 5-month, 6-month and 12-month follow-ups after training.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
- The presence of definite and probable MDD (i.e., at least 1 core symptom plus 3 further depressive symptoms present for at least 2 weeks) diagnoses
- a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or mood disorder due to a general medical condition or substance-induced mood disorder; and any concurrent treatment (i.e., psychotherapy and/or pharmacotherapy).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Attention bias modification treatment Attention bias modification 12-session of ABMT Placebo controls Attention bias modification 12-session of placebo(i.e.,sham) training
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Changes of depressive symptoms pre-training, post-training(4 weeks after pre-training), follow-ups(1-week,2-week,4-week,7-week,3-month(booster pre-training),4-month(booster post-training),5-month,6-month,12-month after post-training ) Depression symptoms tested by clinicians using Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children (K-SADS)
Changes of attention bias score pre-training, post-training(4 weeks after pre-training), follow-ups(1-week,2-week,4-week,7-week,3-month(booster pre-training),4-month(booster post-training),5-month,6-month,12-month after post-training ) Attention bias score changes tested by a typical dot-probe task
Changes of severity of depression pre-training, post-training(4 weeks after pre-training), follow-ups(1-week,2-week,4-week,7-week,3-month(booster pre-training),4-month(booster post-training),5-month,6-month,12-month after post-training ) The severity of depression tested by clinicians using the 17-Item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Changes of self-reported trait anxiety pre-training, post-training(4 weeks after pre-training), follow-ups(1-week,2-week,4-week,7-week,3-month(booster pre-training),4-month(booster post-training),5-month,6-month,12-month after post-training ) self-reported trait anxiety assessed by State Trait Anxiety Inventory-Trait(STAI-T)
Changes of self-reported rumination pre-training, post-training(4 weeks after pre-training), follow-ups(1-week,2-week,4-week,7-week,3-month(booster pre-training),4-month(booster post-training),5-month,6-month,12-month after post-training ) Self-reported rumination assessed by Rumination Response Scale(RRS).
Changes of self-reported depressive symptoms pre-training, post-training(4 weeks after pre-training), follow-ups(1-week,2-week,4-week,7-week,3-month(booster pre-training),4-month(booster post-training),5-month,6-month,12-month after post-training ) Self-reported depressive symptoms assessed by Beck depression scale-second version (BDI-II), and trait anxiety assessed by State Trait Anxiety Inventory-Trait(STAI-T), rumination assessed by Rumination Response Scale(RRS).
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Department of Psychology, Hunan Normal University
🇨🇳Changsha, Hunan, China