An interventional study of Psychoeducational group and Control Group in Depressive Disorders, sponsored by Fundacio d'Investigacio en Atencio Primaria Jordi Gol i Gurina. Status unknown at 2 sites in Spain. Open to participants aged 20 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2009-08-06.
Sponsored by Fundacio d'Investigacio en Atencio Primaria Jordi Gol i Gurina · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness and efficiency of doing a psychoeducational group program and the conventional treatment versus individual conventional care in patients with a mild/moderate depression disorder,in urban primary healthcare centers in Barcelona city.
Nowadays, the depression is one of the public health major issues, this is because of its prevalence and its economic and social repercussions. It is fundamental for the Primary Care to assume the management of these health problems.
Design:A randomised controlled trial of two groups (intervention and control), longitudinal and prospective.
Population of study: The subjects of the study are patients of 20 to 65 years old attended in 8 urban primary healthcare centers of Barcelona city, identified by the general practitioners and nurses with diagnosis of mild/moderate depression disorder according to the BDI scale.
The intervention group receive weekly a psychoeducational group program during 12 weeks run by 2 nurses. The program have a structured content where patient is educated about the illness, pharmacological treatment, the adherence to treatment, diet and physical exercise, problem solving, and cognitive-behavioral therapy.
In the control group the depression in treated as usual with the conventional care.
Measure's tool: The evolution of patients will be monitoring up to 1 year after the inclusion by a individual interview (the first visit and 3,6 and 9 months).The Beck Depression inventory (BDI) is a self-administered questionnaire that measure the symptomatology and severity of the depression.
The analysis variables are: patient's quality of life (EuroQoL-5D scale) ,clinical variables of the patient, pharmacological prescription, anxiolytics and antidepressants consumption , sociodemographic, number of visits to primary healthcare center, number of days of labour lost and cost.
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This study's planned enrollment of 192 is above the median of 80 across 3,999 interventional studies indexed under Depressive Disorder.
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Psychoeducational group received weekly a psychoeducational intervention during a period of 12 weeks run by a nurses.
Other: Psychoeducational group
Individual conventional care
Other: Control Group
The intervention group receive weekly a psychoeducational group during 12 weeks run by 2 nurses. The program have a structures contend.
Also known as: Psychoeducational group;, Depression group intervention.
In the control group the depression is treated as usual with the conventional treatment.
Also known as: conventional treatment group;, usual care group
To measure the symptomatology of the depression by Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) It's a self-administered questionnaire with 21 items (multiple-choice)to measure the intensity, severity and depth of depression.
Time frame: First visit and 3, 6 and 9 months.
To measure the patient's quality of life by the EuroQoL questionnaire; number of visits to primary health care center( doctor and nurse); number of days of labour lost; pharmacological prescription; antidepressant and anxiolytics consumption.
Time frame: First visit and 3,6 and 9 months
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