The Comparison of positive psychotherapy via face to face vs. virtual reality on emotional experiences, life satisfaction and suicidal ideation of patients suffering from major depressive disorder, admited to hospital

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Conditions: major depressive disorder.
Major depressive disorder, recurrent severe without psychotic features
F33.2

Registration Number: IRCT20201001048893N7

Lead Sponsor: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 78

Inclusion Criteria

Age above 18 years
Willingness to participate in the study
Ability to read and write at the fifth and sixth grade level
Having a diagnosis of major depression based on the psychiatrist's opinion (based on the information in the patient's file)
Having suicidal thoughts based on the information in the patient file and diagnostic interview screening questions (CIDI) by the senior psychiatric nursing student
Absence of psychotic symptoms in the patient
Not suffering from other mental disorders, including personality disorders, bipolar disorder or mental retardation, alcohol and substance abuse disorder, and dementia.
Not suffering from severe and debilitating chronic physical disease based on the information in the patient's file (such as cancer, hemodialysis, multiple sclerosis, etc.)
Preparation and favorable physical and mental conditions of the patient to participate in the intervention

Exclusion Criteria

Refusal to continue participating in the study (during the study)
Occurrence of unexpected physical or mental problems during study
Inability to actively participate in the treatment process (for reasons such as slowness of thinking, slowness of speech, etc.)

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Positive and negative affect. Timepoint: Before and immediately after the intervention. Method of measurement: PANAS Emotional Experiences Questionnaire.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ife satisfaction. Timepoint: before and immediately after intervention. Method of measurement: satisfaction with life scale.;Suicidal ideation. Timepoint: before and immediately after intervention. Method of measurement: suicidal cognition scale.