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Effectiveness of Telephone Versus Face-to-Face CBT in Treating People With Depression

NCT00498706 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 325

Last updated 2013-07-17

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Summary

This study will compare the effectiveness of telephone versus face-to-face administration of cognitive behavioral therapy in treating people with depression.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Telephone-administered cognitive behavioral therapy (T-CBT)

Over 18 weeks, participants will receive eighteen 45-minute sessions of T-CBT administered by a therapist. Participants will undergo telephone-administered sessions twice a week for 2 weeks, once a week for 12 weeks, and once every 2 weeks for the last 4 weeks. Participants will be taught ways to modify thoughts and behaviors that contribute to their depression and ways to maintain the lifestyle changes that they have made.

BEHAVIORAL

Face-to-face administered CBT (FtF-CBT)

Over 18 weeks, participants will receive eighteen 45-minute sessions of FtF-CBT administered by a therapist. Participants will undergo face-to-face administered sessions twice a week for 2 weeks, once a week for 12 weeks, and once every 2 weeks for the last 4 weeks. Participants will be taught ways to modify thoughts and behaviors that contribute to their depression and ways to maintain the lifestyle changes that they have made.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • David C. Mohr, PhD · Northwestern University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-12-31
Primary Completion
2012-05-31
Completion
2012-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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