Blended Depression Therapy: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Face-to-face and Via Internet (E-compared)

Linköping University (LiU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Major Depressive Disorders

Treatments: Behavioral: Cognitive behavioral therapy; Other: Treatment as usual

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02449447

E-compared

Details and patient eligibility

About

To asses the clinical effectiveness of blended cognitive behavior therapy (CBT): face-to-face and internet-based treatment for adults with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) in primary care compared to treatment as usual.

Full description

The study is part of a EU-project. Participants are recruited via regular routes from primary care settings. Following the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (M.I.N.I.) participants will be randomly allocated to either blended treatment for 10 sessions/weeks or to treatment as usual. We will include 150 participants in total.

Enrollment: 150 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• depressive symptoms according to DSM-IV
• have access to a computer with internet connection
• have good knowledge of the Swedish language

Exclusion criteria

• recent (during last 6 weeks) change in psychiatric medication
• presently in any other psychological treatment
• severe depression
• suicidal ideation

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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150 participants in 2 patient groups

Blended treatment

Experimental group

Description:

10 weeks of four face-to-face Cognitive behavioral therapy sessions and internet-based CBT as a complement and support to the four sessions.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cognitive behavioral therapy

Treatment as usual

Active Comparator group

Description:

Usual course of antidepressants and management in primary care (e.g medication and supportive counselling).

Treatment:

Other: Treatment as usual