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Lonely in Depression

NCT07333027 · Status: RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2026-02-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this prospective study is to better understand the link between loneliness and depression in the inpatient psychiatric treatment of depression. It aims to answer:

Do lonely and not lonely persons benefit the same way from inpatient depression treatment? Is loneliness a clinical relevant factor in inpatient treatment of depression? What are the underlying biopsychosocial mechanisms?

Participants will be asked to do some

* self-report questionnaires
* clinical interview
* biosampling (blood, saliva, stool) at three main measurement timepoints (1. begin of inpatient treatment, 2. day of discharge, 3. three months after discharge).

Conditions

  • Depression Disorder
  • Loneliness

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Bezirkskliniken Mittelfranken, Clinic for Psychiatry, Addiction, Psychotherapie and Psychosomatic Medicine, Am Europakanal, Germany

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Franziska Sonnauer, Dr. med., M.Sc. · Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-02-05
Primary Completion
2027-09-30
Completion
2027-09-30

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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