Effectiveness Trial of the French Blues Indicated Depression Prevention Program

Université de Montréal

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Depression

Treatments: Behavioral: Blues program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02731053

FRQSC2016-NP-191870

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this pilot study is to test the effectiveness of French adaptation of the Blues program, a school-based indicated depression prevention intervention. The program will be delivered by the endogenous psycho-social staff of 3 Montreal secondary schools to adolescents with sub-clinical depressive symptoms and compared to a no-intervention (Informational Brochure only) control condition, designed to represent the "usual intervention" in these schools.

Enrollment: 72 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 14 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Elevated depressive symptoms (score of 20 or above on the Center for Epidemiological Studies - Depression screening questionnaire)

Exclusion criteria

• Current major depression diagnosis
• Current active suicidal behaviors
• Being in a special school curriculum for academic or behavioral problems

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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72 participants in 2 patient groups

Blues program

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will attend 6 weekly 1-hour sessions of group cognitive-behavioral therapy administered by school staff, and will do home practice between sessions and after the program individually using a web site (called the Blues App)

Treatment:

Behavioral: Blues program

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants will receive a brochure describing the nature, causes, and consequences of depression, as well as available prevention/treatment options