Psychoeducational Intervention for Families With a Member Affected by Major Depression

Summary

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is the most common mental disorder. It can be a huge burden not only for the person affected by it, but also for his/her whole family. The goal of this clinical trial is to test the efficacy of a family supportive intervention called psychoeducational family intervention (PFI) compared to a brief informative intervention in families with a member affected by MDD. Families will participate in one of the two interventions for a period of 6 months more or less, and they will be asked to answer some questionnaires about how much MDD impacts on their everyday life and the patient's symptoms, in order to understand whether a more structured intervention such as PFI can be useful for families in order to better deal with this complicated illness.

Conditions

• Depressive Disorder, Major

Interventions

OTHER

Psychoeducational Family Intervention

Supportive intervention administered to families with a member affected by MDD

OTHER

Informative intervention

Informative intervention administered to families with a member affected by MDD

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Università degli Studi di Brescia

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Bologna

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Catanzaro

  collaborator OTHER

• Università degli Studi 'G. d'Annunzio' Chieti e Pescara

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Cagliari

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Florence

  collaborator OTHER

• Università degli Studi di Ferrara

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Foggia

  collaborator OTHER

• Universita degli Studi di Genova

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Milan

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

  collaborator OTHER

• Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale Amedeo Avogadro

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Parma

  collaborator OTHER

• University Of Perugia

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Pisa

  collaborator OTHER

• Università Politecnica delle Marche

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Roma La Sapienza

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Rome Tor Vergata

  collaborator OTHER

• Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

  collaborator OTHER

• Università degli Studi di Sassari

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Siena

  collaborator OTHER

• Università degli studi di Trieste

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Universita di Verona

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli

  lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

65 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2023-09-27

Primary Completion

2026-09-30

Completion

2026-09-30

Countries

• Italy

Study Locations