Online Self-help for Depressed Patients Awaiting Psychotherapy

June 25, 2014 updated by: Philipp Klein, University of Luebeck
Patients with major depression who are on a waiting list for psychotherapy usually suffer from considerable symptoms. Online self-help is one potential way to alleviate this suffering. The investigators want to study if patients awaiting psychotherapy benefit from online-self help. The investigators therefore randomly assign patients to either online self-help or no intervention and assess their depressive symptoms on a regular basis. The investigators hypothesize that online self-help will be superior to no intervention in alleviating depressive symptoms in depressed patients awaiting psychotherapy.

Study Overview

Status

Terminated

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

230

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Germany
      • Hamburg, Germany
        • MVZ Falkenried

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • stable medication
  • 18yrs. or older

Exclusion Criteria:

  • current psychotherapy
  • acute suicidality
  • unavailability of internet connection

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Online self-help
Provision of online self-help while waiting for psychotherapy
Other: Online self-help
Provision of online self-help
No Intervention: Waiting list alone
Waiting for psychotherapy alone

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Depressive Symptomatology
Time Frame: up to 16 weeks
up to 16 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Depressive Symptomatology
Time Frame: 6 weeks, up to 10 months
6 weeks, up to 10 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

University of Luebeck

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

October 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 20, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 21, 2010

First Posted (Estimate)

October 22, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

June 26, 2014

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 25, 2014

Last Verified

June 1, 2014

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Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Deprexis-HH-HL-WL

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