Antidepressant Decision Aid for Major Depressive Disorder Patients (ADAM)

University of Malaya

Status: Completed

Conditions: Depressive Symptoms; Depressive Disorder, Major; Depression; Mood Disorders

Treatments: Other: Booklet of Scripts for Doctors and the Antidepressant Decision Aid for Major depressive disorder patients (ADAM); Other: Booklet of Scripts of Doctors

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04761757

ADAM

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether Antidepressant Decision Aid for Major Depressive Disorder is feasible and effective in involving patients in the decision-making process when initiating pharmacotherapy.

Full description

To examine the ability of the patient decision aid to enhance shared decision making and preparedness to make decisions pertaining to antidepressant therapy. The research team has systematically developed an Antidepressant Decision Aid for Major depressive disorder patients (ADAM) according to the International Patient Decision Aids Standards (IPDAS) and the Ottawa Decision Support Framework. This is a posttest-only study with nonequivalent groups to evaluate the effect of the antidepressant decision aid on patient and physician perception of shared decision making as well as patient preparedness for making pharmacotherapeutic decisions compared usual care.

Enrollment: 752 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
• No psychotic symptoms
• Based on psychiatrist's clinical judgement currently in need for antidepressant treatment.
• Functional English literacy and language skills (to use the decision aid and fill out the questionnaires)
• Provides consent

Exclusion criteria

• Psychosis
• Communication barriers (visual impairment, language barrier)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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752 participants in 2 patient groups

Control Arm

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Booklet of Scripts of Doctors

Intervention Arm

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Booklet of Scripts for Doctors and the Antidepressant Decision Aid for Major depressive disorder patients (ADAM)