Adult Depression and Integrative Medical Care

University of Saskatchewan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Depression

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Counselling, behavioural, nutrition

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06915207

USaskatchewan-CH&E

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this quasi-experimental study is to learn if integrative medical care works to treat depression in adults and compare it to usual medical care. The main question it aims to answer is to find out whether integrative medical care is equal or better to usual medical care in treating depressed adults over one year.

Participants attended five data collection visits which occurred at baseline, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months. At each visit, they completed questionnaires and had a small blood sample drawn. They were also asked to keep a diary of their symptoms and what they did between visits. They brought a calendar summary with a saliva sample at visits 2 to 5.

Enrollment: 130 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• experiencing depressive symptoms as defined by a Centre for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression (CES-D) scale score of 16 or higher as categorized by Lewinsohn et al.
• willing to commit to five study visits over one year.

Exclusion criteria

• substance abuse
• pregnancy
• non-depression neurological problems.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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130 participants in 2 patient groups

Usual care for depression

No Intervention group

Description:

Medication for depression

Intervention

Active Comparator group

Description:

Integrative medical care

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Counselling, behavioural, nutrition