Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Elderly Depressio
- Conditions
- Depressive DisorderF03.600.300
- Registration Number
- RBR-6bxt49q
- Lead Sponsor
- Clínica Physio Line
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Will be admitted to this study: who is over 65 years old on the day of the first assessment; in use of antidepressants stable for at least 6 months, diagnosed of major depressive disorder; who is right-handed; and mild to moderate depression, indicating they are resistant to treatment with pharmacological therapy and / or psychotherapy (taken by the Geriatric Depression Scale).
The elderly will not participate in the investigation: using sedatives, anticonvulsants, amantadine or memantine during the study; who has consumed caffeine on the day of stimulation; with a previous history of stroke, epilepsy, traumatic brain injury, unexplained loss of consciousness; in unstable medical conditions; who has metallic objects in the skull, excluding in the mouth, for example, shrapnel; undergoing craniotomy or head injury; who has disease that caused brain damage or neurological disease; using pacemaker (bypass); participating on another concomitant clinical trial; medication change during the study; with Cognitive Impairment (assessed by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment - MoCA, score below 26); diagnosis of Dementia; scores below 10 - because they are not depressed, or above 21 on the Geriatric Depression Scale because there is evidence that ETCC works better in mild to moderate depression (Gálvez et al., 2015).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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