Comparison effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and drug therapy on depressio

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• Conditions: Major depressive disorder.; Severe depressive episode without psychotic symptoms

• Registration Number: IRCT2017070334862N1
• Lead Sponsor: Deputy of Research of Bandar Abbas Azad University

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 22 February 2018

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 45

Inclusion Criteria

(1) Aims: The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of group therapy based on admission and commitment and drug therapy on the improvement of patients with major depression.
(2) Design: The research design was semi-experimental and pre-test-posttest with two experimental groups and one control group. (3) How to do it
(3) Setting and conduct (4) Participants: The statistical population of the study included all patients with major depressive disorder in Shahrekord's well-being care centers in 1994. The study sample consisted of 45 patients who were selected by convenience sampling and randomly assigned to two experimental groups with acceptance and commitment and drug therapy and one control group. Beck Depression Scale (BDI) and Coopersmith's Self-Esteem Questionnaire were used for data collection in pre-test and post-test. Data were analyzed by analysis of univariate covariance and Scheffe post hoc test and SPSS software.
(5) interventions: group therapy based on acceptance and commitment and medication
(6) Main outcome variables: Signs of major depression, self-esteem

Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Symptoms of depression. Timepoint: Pre-test and post-test intervals of one month. Method of measurement: The Beck Depression Scale (BDI) was used to collect data. Data were analyzed by analysis of univariate covariance and Scheffe post hoc test and SPSS software.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Self-esteem. Timepoint: Pre-test and post-test intervals of one month. Method of measurement: The score is the score that the subjects earned in the Cooper Smith self-esteem questionnaire. Data were analyzed by analyzing univariate covariance and Scheffe post hoc test and SPSS software.