Lifestyle Medicine for Depression 2019

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Depression

Treatments

Behavioral: Lifestyle Medicine

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04070417

PSY007

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will examine the feasibility and efficacy of lifestyle medicine for the enhancement of psychological wellness in adult. The main components of lifestyle intervention typically include physical activity, diet, relaxation/mindfulness, sleep and socialisation. These components are weaved with psychological elements such as stress management, cognitive restructuring, motivational interviewing, and goal setting strategies that are led by clinical psychologists. While lifestyle medicine has been recognised for centuries a a mean to improve physical health, the field of lifestyle medicine in the context of mental health is still in its infancy. Nevertheless, there is increasing evidence demonstrating the efficacy of individual components of lifestyle medicine (e.g. diet, physical activities, and sleep) on mood and stress management. With a well-researched lifestyle medicine programme adopted from Australia, the research team of the Chinese University of Hong Kong has customised the intervention protocol to fit the Chinese culture.

The investigators aim to examine the effectiveness of an integration of multiple lifestyle adjustments on depression from a holistic body-mind perspective.

Enrollment

30 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Hong Kong residents aged ≥ 18 years;
Cantonese language fluency;
Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) score ≥ 10; and
Willingness to provide informed consent and comply with the trial protocol

Exclusion criteria

Pregnancy;
Have suicidal ideation with PHQ-9 item 9 score ≥ 2 (referral information to professional services will be provided to those who endorsed items on suicidal ideation);
Using medication or psychotherapy for depression;
Having unsafe conditions and are not recommended for physical activity or a change in diet by physicians; and
Have major psychiatric, medical or neurocognitive disorders that make participation infeasible or interfere with the adherence to the lifestyle intervention