Primary Care Based Depression Prevention for Adolescents/Young Adults/Young Adults and Young Adults (CATCH-IT)

The University of Chicago

Status: Completed

Conditions: Depression

Treatments: Behavioral: BA (brief advice) + CATCH-IT Internet site; Behavioral: MI + CATCH-IT Internet Site

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00145912

C.A.T.C.H.-I.T. - 13240B

13240B

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this research is to evaluate the feasibility of an interview between an adolescent / young adult and a PCP (Primary Care Physician).

Full description

A web-based depression prevention program will evaluate the interview. Depression is a condition where people feel sad, tired, have changes in sleep, and lose interest in fun things for more than two weeks. This program teaches adolescents/young adults new skills. They learn new skills by talking with their doctor and doing a workbook at an Internet site. Counselors have used some of these lessons to successfully treat, and in some cases, prevent depression. We do not know if these lessons given in a primary care doctor's office or over the Internet will prevent depression. We will have to do further studies to determine this. If subjects are clinically depressed right now, they cannot be a part of this study.

Enrollment: 49 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 15 to 21 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age 15-21 years and

• two risk factors for developing depression in the next two years:

  • Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression (CES-D) score > 12 and either a family history or past personal history of depression.
  • Exclusion criteria include meeting criteria or undergoing active treatment for M. depression, or having suicidal ideation

Exclusion criteria

• undergoing active treatment for M. depression, or having suicidal ideation

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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49 participants in 2 patient groups

Intrinsic Motivation

Experimental group

Description:

PCP motivational interview + Internet program

Treatment:

Behavioral: MI + CATCH-IT Internet Site

Extrinsic Motivation

Active Comparator group

Description:

PCP breif advice + Internet Program

Treatment:

Behavioral: BA (brief advice) + CATCH-IT Internet site