Randomized Trial of Depression Follow-up Care by Email

NCT01449890 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 92

Last updated 2015-06-04

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The primary objective of this study is to test in a randomized effectiveness trial if e-mail delivered cognitive behavioural treatment is an effective follow-up care approach in the treatment of depression under clinically representative conditions.

Conditions

  • Depressive Disorders

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

E-mail follow up care

After having terminated inpatient CBT patients receive follow up care by email for 12 weeks (on average one contact per week). The follow up care aims at supporting the patients in continuing exercises in order to cope with depression.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Birgit Watzke, PhD · University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Centre of Psychosocial Medicine Department of Medical Psychology

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-09-30
Primary Completion
2013-09-30
Completion
2013-11-30

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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