Evaluation of Pharmaceutical Care in Depressed Outpatients (depression)

Federal University of São Paulo

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Depression

Treatments: Procedure: pharmacotherapeutic follow-up

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01571973

SPPsicobio1Lu

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study examines whether pharmacotherapeutic follow-up improves outcomes of treatment of depressed outpatients.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• women between 18 and 65 years, with diagnostic hypothesis of depression at the beginning of treatment or change in treatment unless 2 months (dosage or substance)

Exclusion criteria

• record of dependence on psychoactive substances, diagnosed schizophrenia,
• low education (illiterate) or cognitive impairment evident that compromise the completion of research instruments

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

control group

No Intervention group

Description:

outpatients receiving usual care

intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

outpatients receiving pharmaceutical care or pharmacotherapeutic follow-up by 6 months

Treatment:

Procedure: pharmacotherapeutic follow-up