A Working Memory Training to Decrease Rumination in Depressed and Anxious Individuals

Erasmus University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Major Depression; Anxiety Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Working memory training; Behavioral: Placebo training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02119975

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Details and patient eligibility

About

Dysfunctioning executive functioning, including working memory (WM), is related to rumination. Findings show that working memory capacity (WMC) can be increased by training. The current study explored by means of a double-blind randomized controlled trial whether an adaptive WM training could reduce rumination, anxiety and depression in a sample of 98 depressed and anxious individuals.

Enrollment: 98 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 67 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Major depression diagnosis
• Anxiety diagnosis

Exclusion criteria

• Current psychosis
• Substance abuse

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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98 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Placebo working memory training

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Placebo training

Working memory training

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Working memory training